Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901

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Queen Victoria with the infant Princess Victoria on her lap. Mezzotint by G.H. Phillips after E. Cole, 1841.

A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.

The last moments of HRH the Prince Consort. Oil painting by Oakley under the pseudonym Le Port, ca. 1861.

Boer War: article "Women in the war", with an illustration of Queen Victoria with families of reservists at Windsor. Text by A. Hugh Fisher, and halftone after S. Begg, 1900.

Bovril : souvenir of the diamond jubilee year / [Bovril Limited].

Queen Victoria visiting soldiers wounded in the Crimean war. Mezzotint by T.O. Barlow, 1859, after Jerry Barrett.

Phrenological head of Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Lithograph, ca. 1844.

Boer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone after S. Begg, 1900.

Albert, Prince Consort, on his deathbed at Windsor Castle, with members of the royal family and the royal household in attendance, 14 December 1861. Lithograph by W.L. Walton after Oakley, c.1865.

Presented by the Executive Committee of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition Manchester 1887 : to ... in grateful acknowledgment of service rendered to the enterprise by the loan of valuable works of art / Chairman of the Executive, Chairman of the Fine Arts Section.

The assumption of Queen Victoria. Photogravure, 1902, after A. Drummond, 1901.

A dying fisherman lying in bed is being consoled by Queen Victoria, seated by his side. Engraving by W.H. Simmons after G. Steell, ca. 1865.

Robert Peel as a tinker cries up his wares, including the reintroduction of income tax; Queen Victoria commends them to Prince Albert, but the Duke of Wellington complains about his rival. Lithograph ca. 1842.

The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.

Alexandra, Princess of Wales with her baby son Albert Victor. Engraving by W. Holl the younger, 1864, after a photograph by V. Heath.

Anno undecimo & duodecimo Victoriæ Reginæ. Cap. LXIII. An act for promoting the public health. [31st August 1848.].

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale: an address by Queen Victoria on his death. Process print, 1892.

Description of the Royal Cyclorama, or Music Hall: Albany Street, Regent's Park. Opened in MDCCCXLVIII. Under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen, and H.R.H. Prince Albert. With numerous illustrations of the cyclorama of Lisbon before and after the earthquake in 1755 / Projected and designed by Mr. W. Bradwell.

The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, published by authority of His Majesty King Edward VII / edited by Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Esher.

An act to continue an act of the twelfth year of her present Majesty, to prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals : 7th August 1851.

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Anno undecimo & duodecimo Victoriæ Reginæ. Cap. LXIII. An act for promoting the public health. [31st August 1848.].

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale: an address by Queen Victoria on his death. Process print, 1892.

The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, published by authority of His Majesty King Edward VII / edited by Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Esher.

An act to continue an act of the twelfth year of her present Majesty, to prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals : 7th August 1851.

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Victoria

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Images featuring Victoria

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Anno undecimo & duodecimo Victoriæ Reginæ. Cap. LXIII. An act for promoting the public health. [31st August 1848.].

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale: an address by Queen Victoria on his death. Process print, 1892.

The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, published by authority of His Majesty King Edward VII / edited by Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Esher.

An act to continue an act of the twelfth year of her present Majesty, to prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals : 7th August 1851.

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