Victoria commissioned works that memorialised her beloved husband
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Windsor and Frogmore 1861 & 1862. 1861-2
Leather bound album | 9.4 x 7.0 x 0.9 cm (album) | RCIN 2103973
Photograph album bound in morocco leather featuring albumen prints of the interiors of Windsor Castle and Frogmore House to show rooms that had been occupied by Prince Albert. The album includes photographs of the construction of the Royal Mausoleum and Prince Albert's effigy.
This album was given to Princess Helena by Queen Victoria. On the first page of the album, Queen Victoria wrote 'To dear Lenchen, In recollection of the dreadful day in our Lives- from her devoted & unhappy Mamma, Dec: 14, 1863'. On the back page, Queen Victoria has written 'To do good was your aspiration and you were joy and happiness to us' (translated from German). Princess Helena has captioned a selection of the photographs.
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Creator(s)
View person pageVictoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (royal creator)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) -
9.4 x 7.0 x 0.9 cm (album)
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Given by Queen Victoria to Princess Helena in 1863
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- albums
- printed & manuscript material
- books
- book: full leather bound
- book: binding
- book: binding with gold tooling
- books
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Home Park
- Frogmore Estate [Windsor Home Park]
- Frogmore House
- Interiors [Frogmore House, Windsor Home Park]
- Royal Mausoleum [Frogmore Estate]
- Frogmore House
- Frogmore Estate [Windsor Home Park]
- Windsor Castle
- Upper Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Private Apartments [Windsor Castle]
- Duke of Edinburgh Writing Room [Windsor Castle]
- Private Apartments [Windsor Castle]
- Upper Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Windsor Home Park
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Funerary architecture
- Funerary monuments
- Funerary architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- visual works
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'Papa and Mama's Sitting Room'; Sitting room, Windsor Castle
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'Papa and Mama's Sitting Room'; Sitting room, Windsor Castle
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'The Same'; Sitting room, Windsor Castle
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'Papa and Mama's Bedroom'; Bedroom, Windsor Castle
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'The Same'; Bedroom, Windsor Castle
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'The little passage'; Passage, Windsor Castle
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'The same'; Passage, Windsor Castle
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'The same; Prince Albert's (1819-61) Dressing room
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'The Red Room', Windsor Castle
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'The Blue room', Windsor Castle
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'The same'; The Blue Room, Windsor Castle
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'The Mausoleum'; Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore
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'The Monument'; Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore
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Prince Albert (1819-61) effigy, Royal Mausoleum
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Prince Albert (1819-61) effigy, Royal Mausoleum
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