Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
Queen Victoria and the Prince and Princess of Wales with bust of Prince Albert
Apr 1863Albumen print | RCIN 2927069
Photograph of a full length group portrait of Princess Alexandra of Wales, Queen Victoria and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. The Queen is seated and faces right. She is dressed in mourning clothes. The Princess stands beside her, dressed in her bridal outfit. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales stands behind his mother. They pose beside a bust of Prince Albert.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Mourning
- Ethnology
- Social sciences