Home | Albert, Prince consort
- CountryUK
- Town:Windsor
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Year of creation:1887
- Rider(s):Albert, Prince consort
(1819 – 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. He was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe’s ruling monarchs. At the age of 20, he married his first cousin, Queen Victoria; they had nine children. Albert died at the early age of 42 in 1861, plunging Victoria into deep mourning, which lasted for the rest of her life.
- Sculptor(s):Boehm, Joseph Edgar
(1834 –1890) was an English medallist and sculptor
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The statue of Prince Consort in Glasgow by Carlo Marochetti was so admired by queen Victoria that she commanded that a copy should be made and erected on Smith’s Lawn in Windsor. It must be said that this statue by Joseph Boehm very much looks the same as the statue in Glasgow. This statue in Windsor was presented to Queen Victoria by ” the daughters of Her Empire” as part of their jubilee offering.
