Queen victoria 1840s

A three-quarter-length oval portrait of Queen Victoria, turning to the right, holding a fan and flowers and wearing a wreath of poppies.Winterhalter was the premier portraitist in the mid-nineteenth century at many of the major European courts, working for those of London, Paris, Belgium, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid and St Petersburg, amongst others. He painted over 100 portraits for Queen Victoria and her extended family; the Queen esteemed him especially for his ability to capture a…

On This Day In History . 2 December 1849 . Queen Adelaide died aged 57 . ◾ She died during the reign of her niece Queen Victoria on 2…

Just as the Victorian era is incorrectly portrayed as a period of demureness, misconceptions about the British monarchy – specifically, Queen Victoria – ...

By popular demand, I'm going to do some blog posts on creating hairstyles for the 1860s. Since I have long, thick hair, I wanted to use someone else for a model - someone who had a shorter, more modern hairstyle. However, my sis also has long thick hair, and Mom's hair is very short. No one in our family has a nice, shoulder-length style for me to play with! Just when I thought there was no one to pester, a good friend with formerly long hair surprised us today by coming for a sleepover with…

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Pictures and Paintings of the Queen - Empress Victoria

Portrait of Queen Victoria, painted in 1845 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. #queenvictoriafacts #queenvictoriaportraits #1800sart…

Queen Victoria is shown wearing a red over-skirt matching her bodice and a white satin under-skirt.