Queen Victoria’s reign began in 1837, when she was only 18. Europe was enjoying the relative tranquility of a post-Napoleonic age, but Britain was grappling with the disruptions of the ...

Where are the women in the UK’s public art installations? Let’s take a look at the politics of sculptural commissions plus a top ten of statues featuring women in the city of London. A set of ...

On the same day in May 1856 that Queen Victoria held a review in Hyde Park ... Crown" was "a source of great satisfaction and pride." Painting of the massacre at the Kanpur Ghats With the Prince ...

shared by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), in 2020, is clearer than any other thought to be in existence. The footage features Queen Victoria - sometimes known as the ‘Famine Queen’ as she ...

idealized portraits of European royalty that were influenced by the Rococo and Neoclassical painting. Over the course of his career, the artist was commissioned to paint Empress Eugenie, Princess ...