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Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, died 150 years ago on
14 December 1861. We look at images of the man and his legacy.
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7EN-V1-STAT-LOND-0006
The glorious golden statue of Prince Albert in the Albert Memorial
in Kensington Gardens
akg-images / VIEW Pictures Ltd |
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Another view of the statue in the memorial, built 1863-72 after a
design by George Gilbert Scott
akg-images / Interfoto |
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1EN-8-A1844
A 1844 copy by Alexander de Melville after a painting by Winterhalter
showing a young Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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1EN-8-B1861
A photograph by Mayall of London of Albert in the last year of his
life, 1861
akg-images / Archie Miles |
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1EN-8-C1849-1
A coloured woodcut of Albert, aged thirty, 1849
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1EN-8-K1843
John Lucas, His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Princess Royal
and Eos, 1843
© Sotheby's / akg-images |
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1EN-149-E1845
A Winterhalter painting of Victoria and Albert as guests of Louis
Philippe of France at the Château d'Eau in 1845
akg-images / Erich Lessing |
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1EN-149-K1854-1
A Roger Fenton photograph of Victoria and Albert, 1854
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A picture postcard of the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington,
shortly after its opening in 1909
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An engraving of Albert published in London, 1844
IAM / akg-images |
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A John Tenniel cartoon from Punch, 1851, of Albert at Crystal
Palace
IAM / akg-images |
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The Illustrated London News from 14 December 1861: the black
border denotes the nation's mourning at the death of Albert
IAM / akg-images |
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7EN-I1-0390001382
An aquatint of Victoria and Albert with six of their children, the
Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) in the rowing boat)
IAM / akg-images |
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A coloured lithograph of the couple both wearing the Order of the
Garter
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Two exteriors of the Royal Albert Hall, opened by Queen Victoria
in 1871: a view of the building and the statue of Albert...
akg-images / VIEW Pictures Ltd |
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7EN-V1-BDP-RAH-0030
... and a night view of the Grade I listed building
akg-images / VIEW Pictures Ltd |
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The Albert Memorial Chapel in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle,
where Albert's son Leopold and grandson Albert Victor are also buried
akg-images / Bildarchiv Monheim |
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