Royal weddings 1840-1947: From Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II : Windsor Castle Drawings Gallery

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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

26 Haymarket : Thomas McLean

Leap Year!

Orange blossom brooch

Queen Victoria's bracelet

Miniatures

Favour ribbon made to celebrate the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 10 February 1840

Ring

Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Design for Queen Victoria's bridesmaids’ dresses

Charles Augustus Ferdinand du Ve (active 1840)

Eagle brooch

After Burgess, William (1805-1861)

His Royal Highness Prince Albert on his way from Dover to London. 1840.

A drawing of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, full-length, kneeling and looking at each other.

Queen Victoria commissioned the artist Sir George Hayter to paint the moment in the marriage ceremony when her hand was joined with Prince Albert’s. This

Marriage ceremony

Green velvet binding with Prince Albert's name tooled in gold on the front board.
The German inscription on the inside cover of this prayer book states that it was given to Prince Albert to commemorate his wedding day by his ever-loving aunt, Victoria. It

Prince Albert's prayer book

Blunt, C.(fl.1840)

The Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

London : Francis Watts

Marriage Ceremonial

After Sarsfield Taylor, W. B. (fl.1840)

The Royal Wedding Cake

A cardboard box containing a piece of Queen Victoria's and Prince Albert's wedding cake. The box is marked 'The Queen's Bridal Cake' above the date and location of the Wedding Breakfast, Buckingham Palace, 10 February 1840.

Boxes of wedding cake

SW Fores : 41 Piccadilly

Panorama showing the marriage procession

William Spooner : 377 Strand

Spooner's Panoramic View of The Queen's Marriage Procession

John Haslem (1808-84)

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Roger Fenton (1819-69)

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Buckingham Palace

A pencil drawing with touches of coloured crayon and watercolour showing a bust-length portrait of Prince Albert. He is shown facing forward and is wearing a shirt and jacket. Watercolour colour tests are shown at the top of the sheet. Verso: a pen and in

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