Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
Queen Victoria and Queen Augusta of Prussia
1867Albumen print mounted on card | 10.4 x 6.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418607
Photograph of a full length double portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Queen Augusta of Prussia (1811-90) in a garden. Queen Augusta is seated in a chair, facing three-quarters to the right. She holds a book open in her lap with both hands. Queen Victoria stands beside her, looking down. She holds a bouquet in her left hand and places her right hand on the back of Queen Augusta's chair.
Photograph contained in an envelope marked A. (Silvy).
Creator(s)
W & D Downey (active 1855-1941) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Empress Augusta of Germany (1811-90)10.4 x 6.2 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)
- Physical and Mental Activities
- Reading (activity)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Physical and Mental Activities
