Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)
'Tis better to have loved & lost than never to have loved at all'
c.1862-81Hand-written transcript on mourning paper | 17.5 x 11.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 1005991.a
A four page document containing a transcript by Queen Victoria of 'In Memoriam' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The transcript is written on paper with a thick black border.
Following the death of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, Queen Victoria found comfort in Tennyson's poem, recording in her journal 'Much soothed & pleased with Tennyson's "In Memoriam." Only those who have suffered, as I do, can understand these beautiful poems' (RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ (W) 5 Jan 1862).
Following the death of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, Queen Victoria found comfort in Tennyson's poem, recording in her journal 'Much soothed & pleased with Tennyson's "In Memoriam." Only those who have suffered, as I do, can understand these beautiful poems' (RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ (W) 5 Jan 1862).
Creator(s)
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (author)
After Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-92) (author)
Subject(s)
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-92)17.5 x 11.2 cm (whole object)
- A label on a brass tablet (RCIN 55344) suggests that the document was 'always placed on the Queen's writing table'
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
- Literature
- Poetry
- Literature
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Mourning
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- printed & manuscript material
- manuscripts
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
