Marriage of Queen Victoria, February 10, 1840

1844

Not on view

Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, on the morning of February 10, 1842. Hayter, who had painted the coronation, was commissioned to depict this ceremony also, and Wagstaff's engraving reproduces his 1842 painting (Royal Collection). The couple join hands before the Archbishop of Canterbury, and their union is witnessed by 56 members of the court and royal family. Most of the attendees sat to Hayter between 1840 and 1841, including Victoria in her "bridal dress, veil, wreath & all," and the artist even included himself sketching at lower right.

Artwork Details

Title: Marriage of Queen Victoria, February 10, 1840
Engraver: Charles Eden Wagstaff (British, active 1798–1850)
Artist: After Sir George Hayter (British, London 1792–1871 London)
Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
Printer: Day & Co., London
Sitter: Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
Sitter: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German, Coburg 1819–1861 Windsor)
Date: 1844
Medium: Etching, engraving and stipple
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 13 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (34.3 × 28.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Sheldon Lyon, 1947
Object Number: 47.95.48
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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