Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
(1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen VictoriaEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 208 portraits
Artist associated with 2 portraits
Second son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; married his cousin, Queen Victoria, 1840, and played an influential role in public life. Noted as a patron of the arts, Prince Albert was largely responsible for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by John Francis
plaster cast of bust, now painted black, 1844
NPG 1736
The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846
by John Partridge
oil on canvas, circa 1846-1853
NPG 342
'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by John Partridge
oil on paper, circa 1846
NPG 343a
Sketch for 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
pencil, circa 1846
NPG 343b
Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers
by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1856
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6203
The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen print, 1857
On display at The Collection, Lincoln
NPG P26
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
replica by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
oil on canvas, 1867, based on a work of 1859
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 237
by Thomas Jones Barker
oil on canvas, circa 1862-1863
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4969
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, circa 1864-1866
NPG 2023a(3)
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, circa 1864-1866
NPG 2023a(4)
Key to 'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'
by Sir George Scharf
pen and ink and wash, 1872
NPG 343c
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust
NPG 1199
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
after Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857 or 1861)
NPG Ax24141
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
after Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857 or 1861)
NPG Ax131388
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, 1857 or 1861
NPG Ax9575
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by Oscar Gustav Rejlander
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861 (1857 or 1861)
NPG Ax9744
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
On display at The Collection, Lincoln
NPG x134737
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1859
NPG x26107
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Queen Victoria
by George Milner Gibson Jerrard, after Frances Sally Day
gelatin silver printing-out paper cabinet card, 1898-1906 (1859)
On display at The Collection, Lincoln
NPG x197484
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax24143
Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (son)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (son)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (grandson)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (daughter)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (son)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (daughter)
- King Edward VII (son)
- King George V (grandson)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter)
- Leopold I, King of the Belgians (uncle)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (daughter)
- Queen Victoria (wife)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (daughter)
- Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie (née Princess of Hesse), Marchioness of Milford-Haven (granddaughter)
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