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Queen Victoria at the Tuileries, August 1855

ca. 1855
Not on view
Emperor Napoleon III escorts Queen Victoria into a reception at the Tuileries Palace, followed by Empress Eugenie with Prince Albert. This was one of several events that welcomed the British royal couple to Paris in 1855 during the first official visit by a reigning British monarch to the French capital since the 100 Years' War (1337-1453). The occasion was a visit to the Exposition Universelle and, since London's Great Exhibition of 1851 had launched the phenomenom of world's fairs, their interest was understandable. Victoria arrived suspicious of her host, but left Paris charmed by the emperor.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Queen Victoria at the Tuileries, August 1855
  • Engraver: W. T. Hulland (British, active 1853–88)
  • Artist: After Hippolyte-Louis-Emile Pauquet (French, born Paris, 1797)
  • Publisher: The London Printing and Publishing Company (London and New York, 1853–1882)
  • Sitter: Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
  • Sitter: Emperor Napoléon III (French, Paris 1808–1873 Chislehurst, Kent)
  • Sitter: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German, Coburg 1819–1861 Windsor)
  • Date: ca. 1855
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 1/2 in. (22.5 × 29.2 cm)
    Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 3/16 in. (29.6 × 43.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.63.769
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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