Victoria receiving the news of the death of William IV and of her accession at Kensington Palace on 20 June 1837 by General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC (1797–1876) and William Howley (1766-1848) Archbishop of Canterbury: 20th June, 1837
Mary L. Gow (London 1851 - London 1929)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1837 - 1900
Materials
Paper
Measurements
634 x 452 mm
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Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 812818
Summary
Print, coloured, Victoria receiving the news of the death of William IV and of her accession at Kensington Palace on 20 June 1837 by General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC (1797–1876) and William Howley (1766-1848) Archbishop of Canterbury: 20th June, 1837 by Mary Louise Gow (London 1851 – London 1929. 'Your Majesty'. Inscribed 'On the morning of the King's death (June 20, 1837) the Archbishop of Cantebury and Lord Conyngham arrived at Kensington at 5 o'clock and immediately desired to see the Queen. They were ushered into an apartment, and in a few minutes the door opened and she came in wrapped in a dressing gown. Conyngham in a few words told her their errand, and as soon as he uttered the words 'Your Majesty', she instantly put out her hand to him, intimating that he was to kiss hands before he proceeded. He dropped on one knee, kissed her jand and then went on to tell her of the late King's death. She presented her hand to the Archbishop, who likewise kissed it, and when he had done so addressed to her a sort of pastoral charge which she received graciously and then retired.' Taken from the Greville memoirs. Inscribed 'M.I.Gow'. In a gilt frame. The original watercolour is in the Royal Collection RI.17262.
Makers and roles
Mary L. Gow (London 1851 - London 1929), artist