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Queen Victoria
Biography
Victoria (1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901.
8 portraits in the collection
Isaiah Firebrace – reflect, reset, rejuvenate
Heidi Victoria
Image
Lauren
Victoria Baker
Image
Wombat and goats
Victoria Baker
Image
First Legislative Council of Victoria
Biography
The First Legislative Council of Victoria was formed following Victoria’s separation from New South Wales in July 1851.
1 portrait in the collection
The Photographic Society of Victoria, Melbourne
Biography
The Photographic Society of Victoria was formed in 1876 to 'bring photographers together in a friendly spirit, in order to advance the art and science of photography in the colony, without any attempt at binding or dictating to members any special trading rules, such as charges for photographs or hours or days for closing or opening their respective establishments.' At the time of the first annual meeting on 9 March 1877 there were 61 members, five whom were ladies.
1 portrait in the collection
The latest portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, c. 1896
John Thomson
Portrait, albumen silver cabinet card photograph on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
Her Majesty, 1860
John J. Mayall
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card
Purchased 2020
Queen of cartes
Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2019
Joanna Gilmour discusses the role of the carte de visite in portraiture’s democratisation, and its harnessing by Victoria, the world’s first media monarch.
A nation mourns the loss, c. 1861
an unknown artist
Portrait, lithograph in carte de visite format on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
Her Majesty seated, 1860
John J. Mayall
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card
Purchased 2020
Queen Victoria in mourning, with a portrait of Prince Albert, c. 1862
an unknown artist
Portrait, lithograph in carte de visite format on paper on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
Thomas Pearce, c. 1878
The Photographic Society of Victoria, Melbourne
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite on card
Purchased 2010
Queen Victoria, 1901
The Illustrated London News after Jean Joseph Benjamin-Constant
Portrait, photogravure on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Queen Victoria, 1860-1865
Post Office Photographic Studio, Melbourne after John J. Mayall
Portrait, albumen paper carte de visite photograph on card
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2020
A Cimiez. Promenade matinale (Queen Victoria), 1897
Jean Baptiste Guth, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine
Portrait, chromolithograph on paper
Purchased 2015