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 with bust of Prince Albert
Mar 1862Albumen print | 7.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900538
Photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Princess Alice (1843-78) sitting on a bench in mourning clothes, a bust of the Prince Consort behind them. Queen Victoria, her head almost profile right, looks at Alice, who sits in profile left, holding a few flowers on her lap. Greenery behind them 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)7.7 x 5.7 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)
Queen Victoria and Princess Alice, 1862 [in Portraits of Royal Children Vol.6 1862-1863]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Mourning
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
