Queen Victoria
1 portrait by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Queen Victoria
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by John Mitchell, and published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Richard James Lane
stipple engraving, published 22 June 1837
12 1/4 in. x 10 in. (310 mm x 254 mm) plate size; 13 3/4 in. x 11 3/8 in. (348 mm x 288 mm) paper size
Bequeathed by (Frederick) Leverton Harris, 1927
Reference Collection
NPG D16078
Sitterback to top
- Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Reigned 1837-1901. Sitter associated with 548 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co (active 1830-1890), Printsellers and publishers. Artist or producer associated with 107 portraits.
- Richard James Lane (1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographer. Artist or producer associated with 1226 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
- Frederick Christian Lewis Sr (1779-1856), Engraver and landscape painter. Artist or producer associated with 192 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
- John Mitchell (active 1832-died 1889), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 206 portraits.
Placesback to top
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (33 Old Bond Street, London)
- Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Pall Mall East, London)
Events of 1837back to top
Current affairs
The controversial monarch William IV dies of pneumonia in June leaving no legitimate heirs, and is succeeded to the throne by his niece Victoria, one month after her eighteenth birthday.The Registration Act of Births, Marriages and Deaths makes it compulsory for all births, marriages and deaths to be registered at a Registry Office.
Art and science
Dickens's second novel Oliver Twist is serialised in Bentley's Magazine. The story of the orphan Oliver is an attack on the Poor Law Amendment Acts (1834), a highly contentious piece of legislation which abolished outdoor relief, effectively increasing entry in the workhouse. The novel, famously made into a musical in 1968, marks Dickens as an outspoken social critic as well as a highly popular and commercial writer.International
The Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin is killed in a duel with Baron Georges d'Anthès. Considered the founder of modern Russian literature, Pushkin blended Old Slavonic with vernacular Russian and was the first Russian writer to use everyday speech in his poetry. His works include Eugene Onegin.Comments back to top
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