Queen Victoria. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. Reference: Wikipedia
Her Majesty in 1836
Queen Victoria, half-length with a sash across her body, and Star of the Order of the Garter; also wearing dress with blue ribbons with flowers in her hair; vignette; illustration to Isla Sitwell’s “The Life of Queen Victoria” (1887). Wood-engraving
Reference: © The Trustees of the British Museum
Artist Unknown A commemorative print of Queen Victoria lithograph in colors 32¾ x 24½ in. (832 x 622 mm.)
Sold for USD 125 at Christie’s in 2014
After Sir George Hayter THE CORONATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA Hand-colored engraving; Together with After Lauritz Tuxen and Rasmus Christensen, [UNVEILING OF THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL], signed in pencil by Tuxen, photoreproduction. Image of first 22 1/4 x 33 1/2 inches
Sold for $325 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2001
Albumen print photograph of a seated Queen Victoria holding the newborn Edward Albert (future Edward VIII), with Edward VII, as the Prince of Wales and George V, as the Prince of Wales, stood behind her, signed by all, dated and inscribed by Victoria, ‘Victoria R & little Edward Albert’, 32.5 x 19cm, framed and glazed, W. and D. Downey, 16 July 1894 — Incredibly rare image that was part of a set of photographs celebrating the prince’s birth now known as the ‘Four Generations’. Slightly different versions of this photograph (one with Edward and George on opposite sides of the Queen, and another with George looking up to the camera) are held in the Royal Archives, however no record of this particular photograph has been found.
Sold for £2,600 at Bloomsbury Auctions in 2016
Coronation of Queen Victoria,1842 Henry Thomas Ryall The nineteen-year-old queen was crowned in Westminster Abbey on June 28, 1838. She is here shown on the ancient throne of Edward I facing the Archbishop of Canterbury as her nobles hail their monarch with raised coronets. Noblewomen stand behind the throne and the royal family witnesses the ceremony from the side. Victoria’s coronation imitated that of her uncle William IV and was modest when compared to the lavish ceremonies held by George IV. Ryall’s print is based on an 1839 painting by Hayter in the Royal Collection.
Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Official Portrait of Queen Victoria James Stack Lauder (English, 1853–1923)1887
Signed in ink in upper right by subject “Victoria/1892”
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
