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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

    PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA (1844-1900)

    Queen Victoria with her daughter Princess Alice

    1862

    albumen print | 8 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2149033

    Carte-de-visite photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and her daughter Princess Alice (1843-78), in mourning capes, sitting in front of a marble bust of Prince Albert.

    • Creator(s)

      Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
      Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

    • 8 x 5.5 cm (image)

      9.7 x 6.3 cm (whole object)

    • Subject(s)
      • Social sciences
        • Ethnology
          • Mourning
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
            • cartes-de-visite
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