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Victoria commissioned works that memorialised her beloved husband

? Hills & Saunders (1852-2019)

Windsor and Frogmore 1861 and 1862 1861-63

Moroccan bound album with albumen prints | 9.7 x 7.0 x 1.2 cm (album) | RCIN 2513473

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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 (1819-61). The album includes photographs of the construction of the Royal Mausoleum and Prince Albert's effigy. A selection of pages feature annotations underneath the photographs in Queen Victoria's (1819-1901) hand.  

On the first page of the album, Queen Victoria has written:
''Dear rooms of the happiest past and the most horrible reality.
Victoria.
1863'

  • Creator(s)

    ? Hills & Saunders (1852-2019) (photographer)

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    Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (royal creator)

    Subject(s)
    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
  • 9.7 x 7.0 x 1.2 cm (album)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs
    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]
                • Windsor Castle
                  • Upper Ward [Windsor Castle]
                    • Private Apartments [Windsor Castle]
                      • Duke of Edinburgh Writing Room [Windsor Castle]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Funerary architecture
            • Funerary monuments