Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, consort of Queen Victoria mb-code 42-20041445 seated in the Royal Society's

seated in the Royal Society's Presidential chair surmounted by its coat of arms

'Very High Farming'

exciting racing on smaller tracks

Inscribed in ink: 'Plate 2 p

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, consort of Queen Victoria mb-code 42-20041445 seated in the Royal Society'sPrince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, husband and consort of Queen Victoria, c1840 1861 (1910). Prince Albert (1819 1861) married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, in 1840. In 1857 he was given the title Prince Consort and became the Queen's private advisor. He was interested in arts, science and industry and planned the Great Exhibition of 1851. His death in 1861, from typhoid fever, was a crushing blow to Queen Victoria, who wore mourning dress