George Washington Wilson
(Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland, 1823 - 1893, Aberdeen, Scotland)
Prince Consort's Cenopath, Windsor
c. 1870s
Albumen print
4 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (12.4 x 19.8 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Museum Acquisition Fund
2000.11
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When Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, died prematurely in 1861 at age 42, Victoria ordered that a fifteenth-century chapel at Windsor Castle be renovated and dedicated to her late husband; she opened it to the public in 1875. Visitors then, as now, marveled at the white marble effigy of the Prince Consort and the opulent interior of the chapel.