Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
AFTER GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
St Martin's Cross - Iona
1883 after an c. 1860 originalCarbon print | 8.5 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2620042
Photograph of an ornamental stone carved cross. A man wearing a bowler hat, possibly a clergyman, is seated at the base of the cross and two men stand at the gate.
St Martin's Cross dates from the 9th century and is situated outside Iona Abbey on the Isle of Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Another version of this photograph by Wilson, features a different man wearing a Tam o' Shanter hat who is seated on the base of the cross. This photograph is a later carbon copy of the original albumen photograph. Carbon was a process that was less susceptible to fading, unlike an albumen print that is prone to discolouration over time.
St Martin's Cross dates from the 9th century and is situated outside Iona Abbey on the Isle of Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Another version of this photograph by Wilson, features a different man wearing a Tam o' Shanter hat who is seated on the base of the cross. This photograph is a later carbon copy of the original albumen photograph. Carbon was a process that was less susceptible to fading, unlike an albumen print that is prone to discolouration over time.
Creator(s)
After George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (photographer)
8.5 x 5.7 cm (image)
17.5 x 13.2 cm (whole object)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Argyll and Bute [Scotland]
- Iona [Scotland]
- St Martin's Cross [Iona]
- Iona [Scotland]
- Argyll and Bute [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Places