The Marriage of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria

1 portrait of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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The Marriage of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria

by Charles Edward Wagstaff, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir George Hayter
mixed-method engraving, published 9 November 1844
24 7/8 in. x 36 1/8 in. (632 mm x 917 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D37815

Sittersback to top

  • Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 208 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
  • Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901. Sitter associated with 548 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.

Artistsback to top

  • Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 243 portraits.
  • Sir George Hayter (1792-1871), Portrait and history painter; son of Charles Hayter. Artist or producer associated with 198 portraits, Sitter associated with 16 portraits.
  • Charles Edward Wagstaff (1808-1850), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 44 portraits.

Events of 1844back to top

Current affairs

Britain experiences a railway boom. Peel's government passes a series of Acts creating provision of cheap, regular rail services. George Hudson, the first great railway entrepreneur, who controlled over 1,000 miles of railway track and whose enterprises made York a major commercial and transport hub, becomes known as 'the Railway King'.

Art and science

Disraeli's Coningsby is published. The first of his 1840s 'Young England' trilogy, it was the cultural manifesto of Disraeli's vision for a new Conservativism.
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson set up their innovative and pioneering photography studio in Edinburgh, capturing portraits of both Scottish society figures and workers, as well as urban and rural landscape scenes.

International

Tensions continue to mount in Eastern Europe over Russian imperialist ambitions, as Tsar Nicholas I describes the Ottoman Empire as 'the Sick Man of Europe'.
With the overthrow of the Haitians, the Spanish-speaking portion of the island of Hispaniola gains independence, as the Dominican Republic.

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