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)
Dated 1861Watercolour on card over a photograph | 6.9 cm (sight diameter) | RCIN 422317
Coloured over a photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Prince Albert (1819-61). The photograph is set in an ivory frame with gilt-metal border. The border is engraved with the inscription 'DEAR PAPA / DEC. 14. 1861'.
The photograph is by John Edwin Mayall (RCIN 2105692), and shows similarities to Bryan Edward Duppa's portrait (RCIN 2906522).
Creator(s)
British School, 19th century (artist)
After John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
6.9 cm (sight diameter)
9.0 cm (frame diameter)
- First recorded in the Royal Collection during the present reign
