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The large oil paintings will be part of next week’s January sale at Hansons Auctioneers’s London showroom, where they are expected to fetch between £8,000 and £10,000 ($9,870 and $12,340) each.
The oil on canvas full body portrait of Queen Victoria, painted by Girardot in 1890, was sold for £1,000. The paintings previously adorned the Trust’s boardroom but had been in storage for ...
Art World Art Bites: The Story Behind This Queen Victoria Thirst Trap The queen's "secret picture" was a present for Prince Albert's 24th birthday. Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Queen Victoria (1843).
Like her grandfather George III, Victoria ruled as a constitutional monarch—a queen who, though possessing powers of her own, shared the burden of governance with Parliament and its ministers ...
The auction house has previously sold other works by royal artists, including a painting by Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Victoria, which fetched £4,198 (around $5,320) last year.
Painting of Queen Victoria's Coronation by Sir George Hayter Queen Victoria was all of 19 at her coronation, a significant difference in age from the two kings who immediately proceeded her ...
The Museum of Modern Art/YouTube In her official portraits, Queen Victoria was stoic and imposing, the majestic head of a powerful empire. But a series of newly released images have shown a more ...