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Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband

JANE AND MARGARET DAVISON (ACTIVE 1870)

Medallion of the Evangelist St Matthew: Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor

1874

Woodbury type | 11.7 x 11.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2101309

Photograph of a medallion of the Evangelist St Matthew, shown in a head and shoulder length portrait, facing three-quarters to the right. The medallion forms a centre to the upper borders of the tablets in the apse, located in the Albert Memorial Chapel.

  • Creator(s)

    Jane and Margaret Davison (active 1870) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Saint Matthew
    Henri Joseph François, Baron de Triqueti (1804-74)

  • 11.7 x 11.9 cm (image)

  • Matthew. Medallion. [The Triqueti Marbles in the Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria by 1876

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                    • Albert Memorial Chapel [Windsor Castle]
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