It is the second official portrait of the four generations of royals together. The Queen, 93, standing at the front of her family, wears a white dress with a blue brooch and clutches a handbag.

109.3 x 119.4 cm. (43 x 47 in.) ...

He says he's referencing the tradition of official royal portraits but ... similarly huge portraits of Queen Victoria and various other kings and queens". Richard Valencia/The Drapers' Company ...

Queen Victoria restored the reputation ... something denied to her until then. Victoria moved to Buckingham Palace making it her official royal residence in London. She began exerting her will ...

In 1841, Winterhalter served as the official court painter to Queen Victoria, producing a number of images of ... the artist received an overwhelming number of commissions and many of his portraits ...

heavy retouching of royal and other society portraits was commonplace. Victoria was a young queen in the early days of photography, and she and her husband, Albert, embraced the new technology ...

“I am very sorry to leave Ireland," Queen Victoria said at the end of her last official visit to the Emerald Isle in 1900, "I have had an extremely pleasant time." Despite her love of Ireland's ...