Original circa 1896 12 inch x 9 1/2 inch engraving
Etchings, Engravings and Lithographs
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
£99.50
Original circa 1896 12 inch x 9 1/2 inch engraving titled HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
Queen Victoria in mourning, seated looking towards William Theed’s posthumous 1862 bust of Prince Albert, her hand to her cheek and looking upwards; wearing sash and insignia of Garter, widow’s cap and veil and seated on ermine.
Engraved by William Holl the Younger (1807 – 1871). He was the eldest of the four sons of William Holl the Elder (c. 1771-1838) who taught him engraving, in stipple at first, but later in line on steel. In the 1860s he was engaged on portraits of the Royal Family: the Prince and Princess of Wales after photographs by John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1863), Queen Victoria after Albert Graefle (1864), and Victoria with her grandson Prince Albert Victor after Jabez Hughes (1866).
After the painting by Albert Gräfle (1809 – 1889). Born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Graefle studied in Munich with two artists of the ‘Nazarene movement’, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794-1872) and Peter von Cornelius (1784-1867). He was a close associate of Franz Xaver Winterhalter and was sometimes employed by the royal family as a worthy and more tractable substitute.
Published by Virtue & Co
Image size 9 inch x 6 3/8 inch
The engraving is in very good condition with minor foxing. Reverse side blank.
Availability: 1 in stock
