Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE
Queen Victoria and Princess Louise, Windsor Castle
Mar 1862Albumen print | 19.7 x 15.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2900544
Photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) seated, facing three-quarters to the right, looking down at a picture of Prince Albert (1819-61), who had died the year before. She holds the picture on her lap with her left hand. She places her right arm around Princess Louise's (1848-1939) shoulders. Princess Louise kneels by her mother's side, also looking at picture. There is a bust of Prince Albert in the background.
Creator(s)
William Bambridge (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)19.7 x 15.2 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)
Queen Victoria and Princess Louise, Windsor Castle, 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
