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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

      AFTER? HILLS & SAUNDERS (1852 TO DATE)

      The Red (King's) Room, Windsor Castle

      copy after a photograph dated c. 1873

      Albumen print | 6.7 x 8.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418588

      Photograph of the Red (King's) Room in the Private Apartments, Windsor Castle. On the left is a table covered in a heavy cloth, chairs, paisley-covered settees, and vases on a cabinet at the back. The open door leads to further rooms. To the right is a French boulle table, a chair, a vase on a pedestal. The wall-hangings and curtains are as created for King George IV about 1829, a striped pattern of alternating medallions and leafy bands.

      The photograph is in an envelope marked 'One Set of Rooms - (Reduced)'.
      • Creator(s)

        After? Hills & Saunders (1852 to date) (photographer) [After a work possibly attributed to Hills & Saunders]

      • 6.7 x 8.5 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
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Home economics
            • Furniture & accessories
              • Tables
              • Seating. Chairs
                • Chairs
                • Settees
          • Engineering & Technology
            • Packaging
              • Containers
                • Vessels (containers)
                  • Vases
          • Construction
            • Structural parts of buildings
              • Doors
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Architecture
            • Architectural design
              • Architectural decoration & motifs
                • Pedestals