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WILLIAM CORDEN THE YOUNGER (1819-1900)
Windsor Castle: the Blue Room, looking toward the window
c. 1864RCIN 919815
Prince Albert died in the Blue Room at Windsor Castle. The room was thereafter preserved by the Queen ‘as a living beautiful monument’ to her husband. Ludwig Gruner was commissioned to paint angels on the ceiling and a bust of the Prince by William Theed was placed between the beds. The room was to remain largely unchanged for the next forty years.
Commissioned by Queen Victoria
No. 395
