Queen Victoria's First Visit to her Wounded Soldiers

1 portrait of George Barratt

by Jerry Barrett
oil on canvas, 1856
55 7/8 in. x 84 in. (1419 mm x 2133 mm)
Purchased with help from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and The Art Fund, 1993
Primary Collection
NPG 6203

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Artistback to top

Jerry Barrett (1824-1906), Painter. Artist associated with 8 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 175 portraits, Artist associated with 2 portraits.
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1844-1900), Naval officer; second son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 63 portraits.
George Barratt. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Breese (1817-1889). Sitter in 1 portrait.
Charlotte, Countess Canning (1817-1861), Wife of Earl Canning. Sitter in 3 portraits.
George Russell Dartnell (1799-1878), Army surgeon. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Colonel Eden. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Mrs Eden. Sitter in 1 portrait.
King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 346 portraits.
Prince George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), Army officer. Sitter in 43 portraits.
Charles Grey (1804-1870), General. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785-1856), Governor-General of India. Sitter in 21 portraits.
James Higgins. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Hon. Lucy May Kerr (died 1874). Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sergeant Leny. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John McCabe. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-1866), Court official. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Henry Cooper Reade (1818-1873), Army surgeon. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901. Sitter associated with 444 portraits, Artist associated with 5 portraits.

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Queen Victoria was deeply affected by the sufferings of her troops in the Crimea. Barrett shows her visiting disabled soldiers at the Brompton Hospital, Chatham on 3 March 1855. She is accompanied by her husband, Prince Albert, and their two eldest sons, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and Prince Alfred, (later Duke of Edinburgh). Seated on the bed talking to the princes is Sergeant Leny, who had fought at the battles of the Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman, while the figure lying in bed behind him is the badly injured James Higgins, whose 'appearance caused much painful emotion to her Majesty'.