Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
Princess Beatrice and Prince Wilhelm
circa 1861Albumen print mounted on card | 9.0 x 6.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418605
Photograph of a full length double portrait of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) and Prince Wilhelm, later Wilhelm II (1859-1941). Princess Beatrice stands beside her nephew, who is seated on a chair. Prince Wilhelm wears a sailor suit and places his left foot on a foot rest, shown in the lower right foreground.
Photograph contained in an envelope marked A. (Silvy).
Creator(s)
WG Lacy : Ryde (photographer)
9.0 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)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Isle of Wight [England]
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Places
