Windsor Castle in Modern Times: Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and Victoria, Princess Royal
Sir Edwin Landseer
1841-1845
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 113.3 x 144.5 cm
Date on Image: 1840, 1843
Note: Inscribed on the back with the sitters' names and as begun in 1840 and finished in
1843.
Production Description
Production Date: 1841-1845
Model: H.M. Queen Victoria
Note: Queen Victoria stands at the right.
Model: Albert Augustus Charles (The Prince Consort)
Note: Prince Albert is seated at the right.
Model: Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary (The Princess Royal)
Note: The Princess Royal stands at the left.
Provenance
Current Location: Royal Collection, Britain
Catalog Number: RCIN 406903
Archival History: Commissioned by Queen Victoria.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
Landseer was known as the Queen's favorite painter and exemplifies the mid-Victorian attraction to glossy images of domestic bliss. This particular work exposes the tension inherent in Victoria's role as Queen, and the conventional duties of wife and mother in nineteenth-century Britain.