Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
BRITISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Prince Albert, The Prince Consort (1819-1861)
c. 1861-2Watercolour on card over a photograph | 7.0 x 5.5 cm (sight) | RCIN 422319
Heavily hand-coloured over a photograph by John Edwin Mayall of 224 Regent Street, London, taken on 1 December 1861, shortly before the Prince Consort's death (RCIN 2105675).
Creator(s)
British School, 19th century (artist)
After John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
7.0 x 5.5 cm (sight)
8.5 x 7.2 cm (frame, external)
First recorded in the Royal Collection during the present reign
