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

    WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1819-79)

    Planting of the Prince Consort's Memorial Tree, Windsor Great Park

    Nov 1862

    Albumen print | RCIN 2927036

    Photograph of the official ceremony of the planting of the Prince Consort's Memorial Tree, Flemish Farm, Windsor Home Park. Those standing to the left of Queen Victoria are: Baroness von Schenck (fl. 1864); Col. A. Liddell (1812-88); Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) when Princess of Wales; the Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-78); the Duke of Albany (1853-84) when Prince Leopold; Prince Louis of Hesse (1837-92); the Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) when Princess Louise and Count Gleichen (1883-91). Those standing to the right of Queen Victoria are: The Hon. A.N. Hood (fl. 1864); The Countess of Caledon (1825-88); Major General Francis H. Seymour (1813-90); Baron De Ross (1827-1907); Lieutenant General Charles Grey (1804-70); Mr William Menzies (1827-78) and Mr John Cole (d. 1869)

    • Creator(s)

      William Bambridge (1819-79) (photographer)

      James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness (1821-81) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)
      Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
      Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Count Gleichen (1833-91)
      Jane Alexander, Countess of Caledon (1825-88)
      Sir Francis GH Seymour (1813-90)
      Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)
      General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70)
      John Cole (d. 1869)
      William Menzies, Resident Deputy Surveyor of Woods and Forests at Windsor (1827-1878)
      General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1814-1904)
      Schenk, von, Baroness (fl.1864)
      Colonel George Augustus Frederick Liddell (1812-88)
      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
      Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Berkshire [England]
                • Windsor [Berkshire]
                  • Windsor Great Park [Windsor]
                    • Royal farms [Windsor Great Park]
                      • Flemish Farm [Windsor Great Park]
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Botany
          • Systematic botany
            • Trees
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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