Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
AFTER? HILLS & SAUNDERS (1852 TO DATE)
Prince Consort's Dressing Room, Windsor Castle
after a photograph dated c. 1873Albumen print | 6.7 x 8.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418591
Photograph of Prince Albert's Dressing Room, Windsor Castle. The room features a black marble fire place (RCIN 79838), with a set of fire irons, a mirror and mantel. Candlesticks, vases and a clock are positioned on the mantel. To the right of the photograph is a portrait of Queen Victoria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter completed in 1847 (RCIN 400885). To the left of the fireplace is part of a large wardrobe designed by Morel and Seddon (RCIN 36929).
The photograph is in an envelope marked 'One Set of Rooms - (Reduced)'.
The photograph is in an envelope marked 'One Set of Rooms - (Reduced)'.
Creator(s)
After? Hills & Saunders (1852 to date) (photographer) [After a work possibly attributed to Hills & Saunders]
6.7 x 8.6 cm (whole object)
A label on a brass tablet (RCIN 55344) suggests that the photograph was 'always placed on the Queen's writing table'
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Interiors of Windsor Castle
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
- Places
