The Albert Memorial was commissioned by Queen Victoria to commemorate her late consort. Queen Victoria married Albert, Prince of Saxe Coburg, in 1840; 22 years later, Albert died of typhoid, leaving the Queen an "utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of 42."

The memorial, in Hyde Park, London, England, consists of a large statue of Albert seated in a vast Gothic shrine, and includes a frieze with 169 carved figures.