Queen Victoria; Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
1 portrait of Queen Victoria
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
by William Holl Jr, published by John Mitchell, after (Cornelius) Jabez Hughes
stipple and line engraving, published 1865
16 7/8 in. x 13 in. (430 mm x 331 mm) plate size; 19 1/8 in. x 15 1/2 in. (485 mm x 394 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1964
Reference Collection
NPG D33644
Sittersback to top
- Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892), Eldest son of Edward VII. Sitter in 117 portraits.
- Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901. Sitter associated with 548 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- William Holl Jr (1807-1871), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 176 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- (Cornelius) Jabez Hughes (1819-1884), Photographer, writer and lecturer. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.
- John Mitchell (active 1832-died 1889), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 206 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D33645: Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale; Queen Victoria (from same plate)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1865back to top
Current affairs
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson is the first female to be awarded a doctor's licence. She is also involved in collecting signatures for the Manchester Suffrage Committee, the first suffrage organisation, formed this year. John Stuart Mill was also elected to parliament this year on the platform of women's suffrage.Palmerston dies in October, and is replaced as leader of the Liberal government by his Foreign Secretary, Lord Russell.
Art and science
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is published, inspired by Carroll's relationship (as Oxford don Charles Dodgson) with his friend Henry George Liddell's daughter Alice.Matthew Arnold publishes the first series of Essays in Criticism, a defining text in the development of English literature as an academic discipline.
International
In the American civil war, Robert E. Lee surrenders the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, leading to the surrender of the Confederacy's remaining field armies. A few days later, US President Abraham Lincoln is shot dead by Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth. Later this year slavery is officially abolished after years of fierce campaigning. In response, the first branch of the Ku Klux Klan is founded on Christmas Eve.Comments back to top
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