Queen Victoria (1819-1901) in coronation robes (after Alfred Edward Chalon)
Alfred Edward Chalon, RA (Geneva 1780 - Kensington 1860)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1839
Materials
Glass, Maple, Paper
Measurements
590 x 410 mm
Place of origin
Threadneedle Street
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881904
Summary
Print, engraving, Queen Victoria (1819-1901) in cornation robes (after Alfred Edward Chalon) by Samuel Cousins, RA (Exeter 1801 – London 1887) - An engraving from a painting by Alfred Edward Chalon showing the young Queen Victoria in her Coronation robes and a coronet, standing at the top of carpeted steps, a pillar, balustrade and roses behind, a stone lion carved to her left. Her left hand rests on ermine on the base of the pillar, her right hand holds a scarf or shawl.
Provenance
A gift from the Wheatly-Hubbard family, in particular their daughter, 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
(title above and either side of crown on a cushion ) To the British Nation. THIS PORTRAIT OF/ HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, / The first for which Her Majesty Sat in Her Royal Robes of State after her Accession. Painted by her own Command and presented as an/OFFERING OF FILIAL AFFECTION TO HER AUGUST MOTHER, / Is by the express permission of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Most respectfully [--] obliged and devoted servt. Fra(?) Grahm. Moon.
Makers and roles
Alfred Edward Chalon, RA (Geneva 1780 - Kensington 1860) , artist F. G. Moon [publisher], engraver and publisher Samuel Cousins (Exeter 1801 - London 1887), engraver (printmaker)