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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.9025
Title
Object:
Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria
Description
Portrait of Queen Victoria in the royal closet at St George's Chapel; half length; arms folded, holding prayer book, marking a place with a finger; lace handkerchief in other hand; wearing bonnet with lace trimming; after H.E. Dawe; proof. Stipple, etching, mixed media
Producer name
Print made by:
James Posselwhite
After:
Henry Dawe
Published by:
Thomas Whitton
School/style
British
Production date
1846
(c.)
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
etching
Dimensions
Height:
313 millimetres
(image)
Width:
254 millimetres
(image)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Same plate as 1872,1012.4439, with the publication line modified: presented with the Liverpool Mercury in 1846 upon the occasion of Prince Albert laying the foundation stone of the Sailors Home. Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
Bibliographic references
O'Donoghue 1908-25 / Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(115)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Queen Victoria
Associated with:
Victoria, Duchess of Kent
Associated places
Associated with:
St George's Chapel
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.9025