Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE
Queen Victoria, Princess Alice and Prince Alfred in mourning
28 - 28 Mar 1862Albumen print | 17.3 x 14.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900546
Photograph of Queen Victoria seated, facing three-quarters to the right, in a drawing-room at Windsor. She looks down at a framed photograph of Prince Albert on her lap. Princess Alice kneels before her mother, holding her hand, and similarly looking at photograph. Prince Alfred stands behind his mother. On Prince Alfred's left is a bust portrait of Prince Albert.
Creator(s)
William Bambridge (photographer)
Subject(s)
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)17.3 x 14.7 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)
Queen Victoria, Princess Alice and Prince Alfred, Windsor Castle, 1862 [in Portraits of Royal Children Vol.6 1862-1863]
- Acquired by Queen VIctoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Mourning
- Ethnology
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Interiors of Windsor Castle
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
