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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

Royal Residences

      From the mid-1850s onwards, Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61) systematically used photography to record every aspect of their lives together. This included documenting their residences at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, Balmoral, Osborne and Frogmore.  Such photographs are a unique architectural record, and demonstrate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s taste in interior styles of decoration. These photographs also show the objects, paintings, and works of art that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert chose to surround themselves with, in private apartments and rooms connected with the diplomatic life of royal residences.


      The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.