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
1859Albumen 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)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
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
