The Albert Memorial : the Prince Consort national memorial : its history, contexts, and conservation /

The Albert Memorial : the Prince Consort national memorial : its history, contexts, and conservation / edited by Chris Brooks. - New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2000. - 455 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm.

Published in association with English Heritage and for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The late illustrious Prince' / Hermione Hobhouse Representing Albert / Chris Brooks George Gilbert Scott, the Memorial Competition, and the critics / Gavin Stamp Building the memorial : the engineering and construction history / Robert Thorne The sculpture / Benedict Read Iconography and Victorian values / Colin Cunningham Francis Skidmore and the metalwork / Peter Howell The mosaics / Teresa Sladen Albertopolis : the Estate of the 1851 Commissioners / John Physick 'It is so much less ugly dull' : maintenance, repairs, and alterations 1872-1983 / Michael Turner Repair and conservation, 1983-1998 / Alasdair Glass The conservation programme / Mike Corfield Epilogue / Chris Brooks

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