Printed Ephemera — 1861-12-14
Mourning Card of Prince Albert
This memorial or mourning card was published to commemorate the death of HRH Prince Albert who died at Windsor Castle on 14 December 1861. The card has a black background with cream coloured solid embossed decoration representing a memorial tomb. In the centre of the memorial is an applied sepia coloured photographic medallion portrait of Albert. In the panel below are printed the dates of Prince Albert's birth, marriage and death as well as a list of his many titles.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 83.306
- Object name:
- Mourning Card of Prince Albert
- Object type:
- card, mourning card
- Artist/Maker:
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- Production date:
- 1861-12-14
- Material:
- card, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 122 mm, W 95 mm (overall)
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Credit:
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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