King Edward VII
(1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10Sitter associated with 505 portraits
Edward was Queen Victoria's eldest son but she favoured his brother Arthur. As a child he struggled with education and, in a bid to present Prince Albert as the leading male royal figure, Edward as Prince of Wales was excluded from most public duties. After the death of Albert he was allowed to perform ceremonial duties but was still kept out of the running of the country. Following his marriage to Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863, he took up residence at Marlborough House, which became a centre of high society glamour, and devoted his time to sports and entertainment. Despite remaining aloof from politics, his popularity increased during his reign, as Britain experienced expansion and prosperity.
by Alphonse Léon Noël, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, published 1 January 1845 (1843)
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by Alphonse Léon Noël, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, and published by Goupil & Vibert, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, published 1 January 1845 (1843)
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by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, after Sir William Charles Ross
lithograph, 1846
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probably after Sir William Charles Ross
coloured stipple engraving, circa 1846-1848
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Queen Victoria; King Edward VII
by Henry Thomas Ryall, published by Hering & Remington, after Frederick A.C. Tilt
stipple and line engraving, (circa 1847)
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Domestic Life of the Royal Family
by Unknown artist
hand-coloured lithograph, 1848 or after
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by John Brandard, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Chappell
lithograph, circa 1851
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The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851. Plate 2. The Foreign Nave
by Joseph Nash
hand-coloured lithograph, published 1851
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The seven oldest children of Queen Victoria
by Frederick James Smyth, published by Illustrated London News, after Unknown artist
wood engraving, published 25 December 1852
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by Thomas Fairland, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1852
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Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort and family
by Samuel Cousins, published by Thomas Boys, and Ernest Gambart & Co, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
mixed-method engraving, republished 15 February 1853 (originally published 20 March 1850 after a painting of 1846)
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King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
by Richard James Lane, after William Frederick Lake Price
lithograph, circa 1858
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Queen Victoria; King Edward VII; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by James Tilbitts Willmore, after Sir Edwin Landseer
line engraving, 1858 (1847)
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by Richard James Lane, and by James Henry Lynch, published by John Mitchell, after William Frederick Lake Price
lithograph, published 1858
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by Richard James Lane, and by James Henry Lynch
lithograph, published 1858
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by Richard James Lane, and by James Henry Lynch
lithograph, published 1858
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by James Henry Lynch, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1859
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by Francis Holl, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, published 28 October 1859
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printed by George Baxter, published by Chappell & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
Baxter print, (1859)
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by Charles John Culliford, after Walter Rowland Holyoake, and after Unknown artist
lithograph and letterpress, 1860s
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Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father)
- Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (son)
- Queen Alexandra (wife)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (nephew)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (sister)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) (grandson)
- King George V (son)
- King George VI (grandson)
- Prince George, Duke of Kent (grandson)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (grandson)
- Prince John (grandson)
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (grandfather)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (sister)
- Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife (daughter)
- Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (granddaughter)
- Maud, Queen of Norway (daughter)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (sister)
- Princess Victoria of Wales (daughter)
- Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie (née Princess of Hesse), Marchioness of Milford-Haven (niece)
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