Queen Victoria in Mourning, 1862

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Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

sheet (oval): 17.3 × 13.2 cm (6 13/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
mount (1): 26.7 × 20 cm (10 1/2 × 7 7/8 in.)
mount (2): 27.5 × 20.8 cm (10 13/16 × 8 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

Accession Number

2013.49.1

Artists / Makers

William Bambridge (artist) British, 1819 - 1879

Image Use

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Inscription

printed, across mount directly below image in black ink: PHOTOGRAPHED FROM LIFE BY W. BAMBRIDGE AT WINDSOR CASTLE MARCH 28, 1862.; lower center below image: [Royal Coat of Arms of Great Britain]; lower center: "May all love, / His love unseen but felt o'ershadow Thee. / The love of all Thy sons encompass Thee. / The love of all Thy daughters cherish Thee. / The love of all Thy people comfort Thee. / Till God's love set Thee at His side again." / Tennyson; on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: p811

Marks and Labels

blind stamp, lower left of image: B[AM]BRIDGE / FECIT / WINDSOR

Provenance

(Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London); NGA purchase, 2013.

Associated Names

Quaritch Ltd., Bernard