Friday, January 18, 2019

Painted Portraits Collected by Victoria and Albert

Johan Zoffany
Queen Charlotte with Members of her Family
ca. 1771-72
oil on canvas
(first recorded in the Royal Collection in 1862)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Richard Brompton
The Duke of York with his Friends in Venice
1764-67
oil on canvas
(bequeathed to Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Joshua Reynolds
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester
1774
oil on canvas
(bequeathed to Prince Albert by the sitter's grand-daughter)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Joshua Reynolds
Marriage of George III
1761
oil on canvas (sketch)
(purchased by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Jens Juel
Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark
ca. 1770-75
oil on canvas
(presented to Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Hoppner
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne 
(later Queen Victoria's first and favorite Prime Minister)
1796
oil on canvas
(presented to Queen Victoria by Lord Melbourne)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Thomas Lawrence
Caroline, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales
(estranged wife of the Prince Regent, with their only child)
1801
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alfred Edward Chalon
Princess Charlotte of Wales, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 
(heir-apparent to the throne, after the Prince Regent, until her early death in childbirth)
ca. 1817-19
oil on canvas
(presented to Queen Victoria by the artist)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

George Dawe
Elizabeth Alexeievna, Empress of Russia, as a widow 
(born Princess Louise of Baden)
ca. 1825-26
oil on canvas
(purchased by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

William Corden the Younger
Juliana, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 
(aunt of Queen Victoria)
1844
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Lucas
Count Emmanuel Mensdorff-Pouilly
(uncle and godfather of Prince Albert)
1842
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

John Partridge
Prince Albert
1840
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Prince Albert)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Lady Constance Leveson-Gower, later Duchess of Westminster
1850
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Prince Alfred and Princess Helena
1848-49
oil on canvas
(gift of Prince Albert to Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII
1843
oil on canvas
(commissioned by Queen Victoria)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann
Alexandra of Denmark, later Queen Alexandra
1861
oil on canvas
(gift to Queen Victoria from her eldest daughter, Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia)
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Heinrich von Angeli
Self-portrait
1877
oil on canvas
(presented to Queen Victoria by the artist)
Royal Collection, Great Britain