Victoria and albert

Carte-de-visite photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61). They are both standing. Queen Victoria faces right, towards Prince Albert, whilst Prince Albert faces towards the camera. Queen Victoria clasps Prince Alberts forearm. She wears a tartan and checked dress and a fringed shawl.

Albert encouraged Victoria to believe that she was weak, inadequate and unable to cope without him. In her desire to please him she abdicated most of her responsibilities as monarch to her consort.

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Victoria and Albert

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Painting of the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840.

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Oil painting of the Great Exhibition, by Henry Courtney Selous, British, 1851-52. This detail shows Queen Victoria wearing a pink evening gown; she is surrounded by other members of the Royal Family. The International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, the "Great Exhibition," was initiated by Prince Albert and housed in a vast glass structure, the "Crystal Palace," erected in Hyde Park. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Hand painted photograph showing Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61) after a drawing room, wearing formal court dress. A Drawing Room was a formal court function at which ladies were presented at Court (ie debutantes), as opposed to levees, when gentlemen were presented to the Sovereign. During the reign of Queen Victoria, Drawing Rooms took place in the afternoon and Levees in the morning.