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

    WEST : 1 ST. JAMES'S STREET

    Photograph frame featuring photographs of the Frogmore Mausoleum

    c. 1870

    Metal photograph frame | 17.8 x 12.0 x 1.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 55323

    A shaped rectangular gilt metal strut photograph frame containing two photographs. The upper photograph depict the exterior of the mausoleum at Frogmore. The lower photograph shows an effigy of Prince Albert (1819-61).

    • Creator(s)

      West : 1 St. James's Street (maker)

      Subject(s)

      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
      Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

    • 17.8 x 12.0 x 1.0 cm (whole object)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
            • Funerary architecture
              • Mausoleums
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Berkshire [England]
                • Windsor [Berkshire]
                  • Windsor Home Park
                    • Frogmore Estate [Windsor Home Park]
                      • Royal Mausoleum [Frogmore Estate]
      Object type(s)
        • furnishings
          • frames
            • photograph frames
        • visual works
          • photographs
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