Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Franz Xavier Winterhalter - The Young Queen Victoria in 1837 [1842]


Queen Victoria (May 24, 1819 – January 22, 1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837 until her death. From May 1, 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. Their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning her the nickname "the grandmother of Europe.” After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning and avoided public appearances.

[Château de Versailles - Oil on canvas]
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