Albert and Victoria’s collection shows photographers’ working methods
Albert and Victoria’s collection shows photographers’ working methods
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert collected and commissioned art to celebrate their relationship, family and shared history. In her attempt to continue this tradition following Prince Albert’s premature death, Queen Victoria regularly commissioning new paintings, decorative objects and monuments that memorialised her beloved husband. Many of the works were photographed, and a selection of the resulting glass plate negatives is listed below. This includes a series showing the maquettes submitted by William Theed (1804-1891) as proposals for Prince Albert’s memorial in Kensington Gardens, and a group documenting the detailed progress in the construction of the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore. Negatives in this section also depict works that memorialised Queen Victoria’s mother, Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861), a key figure in the royal couple’s life.
After Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905)
After Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905)
After Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After William Theed (1804-91)
After John Bell (1811-95)
After John Bell (1811-95)
After John Bell (1811-95)
After John Bell (1811-95)
After John Bell (1811-95)
After John Bell (1811-95)
After John Bell (1811-95)
After John Bell (1811-95)
After Patrick Macdowell (1799-1870)
After Patrick Macdowell (1799-1870)
After Patrick Macdowell (1799-1870)
After John Henry Foley (1818-74)
After John Henry Foley (1818-74)
After John Lawlor (1820-1901)
After John Lawlor (1820-1901)
After Henry Weekes (1807-77)
After Henry Weekes (1807-77)
After Henry Weekes (1807-77)
After William Calder Marshall (1813-94)
After William Theed (1804-91)
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After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67)
After George Housman Thomas (1824-68)
After Albert Graefle (1807-89)
After Albert Graefle (1807-89)
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Attributed to Roger Fenton (1819-69)
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