Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
LOUIS JOSEPH GHÉMAR (1819-73)
Queen Victoria and Princess Helena
c. 1862Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2149035
Carte-de-visite photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) dressed in mourning, seated, looking down at a miniature (of Prince Albert?) that she is holding in her right hand; her left arm is around the shoulders of Princess Helena (1846-1923), who kneels by her mother's side, her left hand on the miniature. Princess Helena looks towards the camera.
Creator(s)
Louis Joseph Ghémar (1819-73) (photographer)
Ghémar Frères (active 1859-94) (photographer)
8.5 x 5.5 cm (image)
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Mourning
- Ethnology
- Social sciences
