The Royal Family in 1846. Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Oil on canvas. 250.5 x 317.3 cm. © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2024. RCIN 406010. Courtesy of the Royal Collection Trust. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
At this time, Winterhalter was engaged as court painter to Louis-Philippe of France, in the short-lived "July Monarchy" in France, but Queen Victorian prevailed upon him to give the artist time to paint this large canvas of her young family for Osborne, where it can still be seen, in the dining room. There were sittings from that October to the following January at Windsor Castle, and the finished work pleased the Queen greatly. It remained one of her favourite portraits. — Jacqueline Banerjee.
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Bibliography
A.R. (Reynolds, Anna). Entry 25 in Victoria & Albert: Art & Love. Edited by Jonathan Marsden. London: Royal Collection Publications, 2010: 78. [Review].
"The Royal Family in 1846." Web. Royal Collection Trust. Web. 28 July 2024.
Queen Victoria's Journals (Library access).
Last modified 28 July 2024