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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. 1861-2

    Watercolour 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)

      Subject(s)

      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

    • 7.0 x 5.5 cm (sight)

      8.5 x 7.2 cm (frame, external)

    • First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • miniatures (paintings)
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