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Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901

Sitter associated with 444 portraits
Artist associated with 5 portraits
Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne shortly after her eighteenth birthday in July 1837. She was daughter of the Duke of Kent who was the fourth son of George III;. During her reign she influenced to a considerable extent the foreign and home policies of successive governments, and the attitudes and manners of her people. Her reign was the longest in British history.

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1250

Queen Victoria

replica by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1863 (1838)
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1250

1891a

Queen Victoria

reduced copy by W. Warman, after Thomas Sully
watercolour, (1838)
NPG 1891a

316a(125)

Queen Victoria

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, circa 1839
NPG 316a(125)

316a(126)

Queen Victoria

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, circa 1839
NPG 316a(126)

1716

Queen Victoria

replica by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
marble bust, 1841 (1839)
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1716

1297

Queen Victoria

by Sir David Wilkie
pen and ink and watercolour, circa 1840
NPG 1297

4108

Queen Victoria

by Aaron Edwin Penley
watercolour, circa 1840
NPG 4108

5164

Queen Victoria

by Robert Physick
marble bust, 1851
NPG 5164

6203

Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers

by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1856
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6203

P27

Royal mourning group, 1862

by William Bambridge
albumen print, March 1862
NPG P27

4969

'The Secret of England's Greatness' (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor)

by Thomas Jones Barker
oil on canvas, circa 1863
On display in Room 23 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4969

2954

Queen Victoria

by George Housman Thomas
pencil and watercolour, circa 1863
NPG 2954

2023a(1)

Queen Victoria

by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, circa 1864-1866
NPG 2023a(1)

2023a(2)

Queen Victoria

by Susan D. Durant
metal medallion, circa 1864-1866
NPG 2023a(2)

5828

Princess Beatrice of Battenberg; Queen Victoria

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, late 1860s or early 1870s
On display on the Staircase at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 5828

P22(2)

Group of fifteen, including Queen Victoria

by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(2)

P22(3)

The Gillies Ball, 1868

by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(3)

P22(4)

John Brown; Queen Victoria

by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 1868
NPG P22(4)

708

Queen Victoria

by Lady Julia Abercromby, after Heinrich von Angeli
watercolour, 1883 (1875)
NPG 708

858

Queen Victoria

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, circa 1887
NPG 858

4042

Queen Victoria

by Adolphe De Bathe
pencil, circa 1890
NPG 4042

2088

Queen Victoria

by Mary Helen Carlisle
watercolour on ivory
NPG 2088

P51

Hafiz Abdul Karim; Queen Victoria

by Hills & Saunders
carbon print, July 1893
NPG P51

1252

Queen Victoria

by Bertha Müller, after Heinrich von Angeli
oil on canvas, 1900 (1899)
On display in the Front Entrance Hall at Bodelwyddan Castle
NPG 1252

6174

Queen Victoria

by Sir Thomas Brock
marble statue, before 1902
On display at 15 Carlton House Terrace, London
NPG 6174

x13972

Queen Victoria

by Ghémar Frères, after Unknown engraver
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1840s-1850s)
NPG x13972

x134737

Queen Victoria with her family

by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737

Ax46703

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Queen Victoria

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax46703

Ax47001

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Queen Victoria

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax47001

x132718

'Group of Royal Family'

by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718

x13971

Queen Victoria

by William Henry Southwell, published by Thomas McLean & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x13971

x134740

Queen Victoria and her family

by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134740

x134741

'Interiors of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle and Portraits of the Royal Family of Great Britain'

by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134741

x134742

Queen Victoria with her family

after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742

x36267

Queen Victoria

after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x36267

Related People
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (husband)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (daughter)
King Edward VII (son)
Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father)
King George V (grandson)
Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie, Marchioness of Milford-Haven (granddaughter)
King William IV (uncle)
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