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Portrayed full-length, the queen stands by a chair of state, wearing a satin dress, sash, and portrait miniature of Prince Albert on her wrist.
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Title: Portrait of Queen Victoria
Engraver:
George Sidwell Sanders (British, 1810–ca. 1878)
Artist:
After Stephen Catterson Smith (British, Skipton, Yorkshire 1806–1872 Dublin)
Sitter:
Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
Publisher:
Thomas Cranfield (Irish, active 1852–70)
Date: 1857
Medium: Mixed method engraving and mezzotint on chine collé; proof before letters
Dimensions:
Plate: 32 1/16 × 23 1/4 in. (81.5 × 59 cm)
Sheet: 36 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (92.7 × 64.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.40.286
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