Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
Princess Alix of Hesse
circa 1875Albumen print mounted on card | 10.5 x 6.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418639
Photograph of a near full length portrait of Princess Alix of Hesse, later Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) standing, facing halfway to the left. She turns her head slightly towards the camera. She holds a spade in her right hand and a bucket in her left. 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) (photographic agency)
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)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Packaging
- Buckets
- Packaging
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Agricultural implements
- Spades
- Agricultural implements
- Engineering & Technology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
