Queen Victoria (1819–1901)
studio of Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Menzenschwand 1805 - Frankfurt am Main 1873)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1842 - 1847
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 952 mm (50 x 37 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207898
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Queen Victoria (1819–1901), studio of Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Menzenschwand 1805 - Frankfurt am Main 1873). A three-quarter-length in a white dress with Garter star, holding a red and white rose. A copy of the original held in the Royal Collection. The Queen sat for the portrait between 8th and 25th June 1842, and there is a pendant of Prince Albert in the uniform of a Field Marshall. Winterhalter was paid for the portraits and the copies on 31st August. Probably painted for the 4th Earl of Hardwicke when Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria (1841-7). Studio of Franz Xavier Winterhalter (1806-1873).
Provenance
Loaned to the National Trust by Lady Amabel Lindsay (b. 1935)
Makers and roles
studio of Franz Xaver Winterhalter (Menzenschwand 1805 - Frankfurt am Main 1873), artist