VICTORIA

Original circa 1896 12 inch x 9 1/2 inch stipple etching titled VICTORIA.

Portrait of Queen Victoria; half length; seated with one elbow resting on table, hand under chin, the other holding a letter; dressed in mourning after the death of Prince Albert’s father, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha on 29 January, 1844; in oval.

Print by John Henry Robinson (1796 – 1871). A line, stipple and occasional mezzotint engraver from Bolton. He was apprenticed to James Heath between 1814-1818 and then set up initially as a book-illustrator. He engraved portraits and prints after popular contemporary painters, e.g. Landseer. He fought a long battle to win respect from the Royal Academy as a line-engraver and was eventually elected Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1856.

After the painting by Robert Thorburn (1818 – 1885). Miniature-painter and associate of the Royal Academy.

Facsimile of signature

Image size 7 inch x 6 5/8 inch

The engraving is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.