Queen Victoria
(1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 548 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. Her reign was the second longest in British history, celebrating her Golden Jubilee in 1887 and Diamond Jubilee in 1897. She held great influence over the foreign and domestic policies of the governments she oversaw.
published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 (1897)
NPG D32962
possibly after Heinrich von Angeli
etching, (circa 1899)
NPG D33651
published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 (1897)
NPG D33652
published by William Heinemann, after William Nicholson
lithographic reproduction of a hand-coloured woodcut, published 1899 (1897)
NPG D33653
Livingstone sees the Queen (Queen Victoria; David Livingstone)
by Unknown artist, published by The London Missionary Society
glass magic lantern slide, circa 1900
NPG D18404
after Solomon Joseph Solomon
relief halftone, published 1901
NPG D33657
printed by Strand Engraving Company Ltd, published by Illustrated London News, after Jean Joseph Benjamin-Constant
relief halftone, published 11 May 1901
NPG D42865
Queen Victoria ('Her Majesty the Queen Empress.')
by Jean Baptiste Guth ('GUTH')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 31 January 1901
NPG D45051
published by John Player & Sons, after W. & D. Downey
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1935
NPG D48156
printed by Schmidt Lithography Company
colour offset lithograph, 1940s
NPG D48086
printed by Schmidt Lithography Company
colour offset lithograph, 1940s
NPG D48087
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG x4193
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg; Queen Victoria
by Bassano Ltd, after A.J. (Arthur James) Melhuish
half-plate film copy negative, 20 February 1952 (1879)
NPG x95837
by Alexander Bassano
gold-coloured medal inset with albumen print, (1882)
NPG x4191
by Bassano Ltd, after Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 15 December 1947 (April 1882)
NPG x34246
by Bassano Ltd, after Alexander Bassano
half-plate copy negative, 24 May 1949 (1882)
NPG x71195
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass copy negative, 1897 (1882)
NPG x95801
Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (son)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (husband)
- Alexandra, Empress of Russia (née Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine) (granddaughter)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (son)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (grandson)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (daughter)
- Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (granddaughter)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (son)
- Prince Arthur of Connaught (grandson)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (daughter)
- Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (grandson)
- King Edward VII (son)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) (grandson)
- Princess Elizabeth Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Serge of Russia (granddaughter)
- Victoria Eugenie ('Ena') of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (granddaughter)
- King George III (grandfather)
- King George V (grandson)
- King George VI (grandson)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (daughter)
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (grandson)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (father)
- Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn (mother)
- Leopold I, King of the Belgians (uncle)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (daughter)
- Marie, Queen of Romania (granddaughter)
- Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (granddaughter)
- Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenberg (grandson)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (daughter)
- Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie (née Princess of Hesse), Marchioness of Milford-Haven (granddaughter)
- King William IV (uncle)
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