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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

      HILLS & SAUNDERS (1852 TO DATE)

      Princess Alix of Hesse

      circa 1860

      Albumen print mounted on card | 10.5 x 6.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418638

      Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Princess Alix of Hesse, later Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) seated, facing towards the camera. She looks towards the right. She holds her hands in her lap. She wears a light coloured dress with lace decoration and a locket on a dark ribbon. 

      Photograph contained in an envelope marked 'Alicky, May 14 1875'.

      • Creator(s)

        Hills & Saunders (1852 to date) (photographer)

      • REGISTERED/ HILLS &SAUNDERS [break] ETON

        By appointment to Her Majesty/ HILLS & SAUNDERS PHOTOGRAPHERS/ ETON/ ALSO/ LONDON HARROW OXFORD CAMBRIDGE/ ALL COMMUNICATIONS RESPECTING THIS PHOTOGRAPH/ TO BE ADDRESS TO ETON

      • 10.5 x 6.3 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)
        • Children