Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Sweetheart Abbey
1870Albumen print | 5.8 x 8.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2620056
Photograph of the ruins of Sweetheart Abbey in the town of New Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway. In the foreground stand gravestones. Ivy covers the ruins.
The Cistercian Abbey of Dulce Cor or 'Sweetheart' was founded in 1273 by Dervorguilla of Galloway in memory of her deceased husband, John de Balliol whose embalmed heart she kept during her lifetime.
The Cistercian Abbey of Dulce Cor or 'Sweetheart' was founded in 1273 by Dervorguilla of Galloway in memory of her deceased husband, John de Balliol whose embalmed heart she kept during her lifetime.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
5.8 x 8.8 cm (image)
17.5 x 13.2 cm (whole object)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Dumfries & Galloway [Scotland]
- Sweetheart Abbey [Dumfries & Galloway]
- Dumfries & Galloway [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Abbeys
- Christian church architecture
- Churches
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- Places
