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Memorial works

Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband

    WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1819-79)

    Queen Victoria, Princess Alice and Prince Alfred in mourning

    28 - 28 Mar 1862

    Albumen 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 (1819-79) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Queen 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
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Berkshire [England]
                • Windsor [Berkshire]
                  • Windsor Castle
                    • Interiors of Windsor Castle
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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