Queen Victoria; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia; King Edward VII
1 portrait by Sir Edwin Landseer
Queen Victoria; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia; King Edward VII
by Samuel Cousins, published by Henry Graves & Co, and published by Goupil & Vibert, and published by James Ryman, after Sir Edwin Landseer
mezzotint, published 1844
24 7/8 in. x 20 1/8 in. (632 mm x 510 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1957
Reference Collection
NPG D33593
Sittersback to top
- King Edward VII (1841-1910), Reigned 1901-10. Sitter associated with 505 portraits. Identify
- Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901. Sitter associated with 548 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits. Identify
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901), Consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, King of Prussia; daughter of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 124 portraits. Identify
Artistsback to top
- Samuel Cousins (1801-1887), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 178 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
- Goupil & Vibert (active 1844), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 12 portraits.
- Henry Graves & Co (active 1844-1899), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 243 portraits.
- Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 56 portraits, Sitter in 22 portraits.
- James Ryman (active 1832-1873), Printseller. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (6 Pall Mall, London; 15 Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, France; Oxford)
Subjects & Themesback to top
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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