Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA (1844-1900)
Queen Victoria and Princess Alice, 1862 [in Portraits of Royal Children Vol.6 1862-1863]
Mar 1862Albumen print | 7.9 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900542
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and her daughter Princess Alice (1837-78) sit on bench in mourning clothes, a bust of the Prince Consort behind them; Queen Victoria (left), her head almost profile right, looks down at her hands on her lap. Princess Alice, profile left, looks at her mother. Greenery behind to left and right.
Creator(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)7.9 x 5.7 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Mourning
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
