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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

      FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

      Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Osborne House

      1859

      Albumen print | 8.9 x 6.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418581

      Photograph of a full length double portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61), posed outside Osborne House. The couple face towards each other. Prince Albert is standing, with his legs crossed, holding a hat and gloves in his right hand. The Queen is seated.

      The photograph is in an envelope marked 'One Set of Rooms - (Reduced)'.

      • Creator(s)

        Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
        Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

      • 8.9 x 6.7 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]
                    • Osborne House
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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