Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
AFTER HILLS & SAUNDERS (1852 TO DATE)
The Albert Room, Windsor Castle
copy after a photograph dated c. 1873Albumen print | 6.5 x 8.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418590
Photograph of the Albert Room, Windsor Castle, which was also King George IV's Bedroom. The room includes two single beds decorated with wreaths. A bust of Prince Albert by William Theed is placed on a high plinth in between the beds. By the window there is a dressing table with mirror and chair.
The photograph is in an envelope marked 'One Set of Rooms - (Reduced)'.
The photograph is in an envelope marked 'One Set of Rooms - (Reduced)'.
Creator(s)
After Hills & Saunders (1852 to date) (photographer)
6.5 x 8.3 cm (whole object)
A label on a brass tablet (RCIN 55344) suggests that the photograph was 'always placed on the Queen's writing table'
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Interiors of Windsor Castle
- Upper Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Private Apartments [Windsor Castle]
- Duke of Edinburgh Writing Room [Windsor Castle]
- Private Apartments [Windsor Castle]
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Beds
- Curtains
- Seating. Chairs
- Chairs
- Furniture & accessories
- Construction
- Structural parts of buildings
- Windows
- Structural parts of buildings
- Home economics
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Architectural design
- Architectural decoration & motifs
- Pedestals
- Architectural decoration & motifs
- Architectural design
- Architecture
- Places
