Like many Victorians, Queen Victoria enjoyed filling her time with sketching and painting. The future monarch began receiving art lessons at the age of eight under the supervision of Richard Westall. As she got older, Victorias talent for art blossomed and she went on to receive lessons from a variety of artists, including Edward Lear, Edwin Landseer Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Today, approximately 5,000 pieces created by Queen Victoria survive in the Royal Collection, along with many pieces created by her husband and children.
The first piece we’re be looking at is this gorgeous pencil, watercolour and ink sketch by Queen Victoria, which shows her two eldest daughters: Princesses Victoria (right) and Alice (left). The illustration was started in May 1846 but wasn’t completed until the November, once the Queen had recovered from giving birth to her fifth child, Princess Helena.
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