Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
UNKNOWN PERSON
Tomb effigy of Prince Albert
c. 1867Albumen print | 6.9 x 8.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418579
Photograph of the marble tomb effigy of Prince Albert (1819-61) in the Victoria and Albert Mausoleum, Frogmore. The effigy depicts Prince Albert, recumbent on his back, bare headed with hands clasped over stomach. He wears two collars and draped Garter robes.
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)
Unknown Person (photographer)
6.9 x 8.8 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 Home Park
- Frogmore Estate [Windsor Home Park]
- Royal Mausoleum [Frogmore Estate]
- Frogmore Estate [Windsor Home Park]
- Windsor Home Park
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Places