Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) on Horseback
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1840
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
234 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341377
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) on Horseback, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on a horse facing right. Cocked hat, uniform and trousers. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-61) married Queen Victoria in 1840 and was created Prince Consort in 1857.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
ALBERT (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter