5400 x 3519 px | 45,7 x 29,8 cm | 18 x 11,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
26. Januar 2005
Ort:
Osborne House near East Cowes on the Isle of Wight Hampshire Hants England Britain UK
Weitere Informationen:
Picture by Roger Bamber 26 January 2005 Osborne House near East Cowes on the Isle of Wight the country retreat and family home of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert who rented it in 1844 for a year's trial. Although the original house was too small its situation on a rise overlooking the Solent delighted the royal couple and in 1845 they bought the house and its 1000 acres of land. The view over the Solent reminded Prince Albert of the Bay of Naples and he and his builder Thomas Cubbit drew up plans for the new house in the style of an Italianate villa complete with campaniles and loggia. Albert personally supervised the construction of the house and the landscaping with mock Renaissance terraces a fountain and statues which reached down to the sea and their private beach. . Osborne House became the royal couple's favourite home. When Albert died of typhoid in 1861 the Queen ordered that nothing should be changed so that it would remain as a memorial to the Prince. For the rest of her life Queen Victoria lived mostly at Osborne House and she died there in 1901. After her death Osborne was preserved and many of the royal couple's personal possessions, including family photographs and paintings, are to be found in the state rooms along with the magnificent works of art and statues.
