Queen Victoria . By Franz Xaver Winterhalter . . ◼ Queen Victoria is depicted dressed in her wedding wreath of orange blossom flowers and her wedding veil, with the small collar of the Garter. . ◼ She also wears the brooch Prince Albert gave her on their wedding day and the ear-rings and necklace made from the Turkish diamonds given to her by the Sultan Mahmúd II in 1838. . ◼ She noted in her Journal that the painting was ‘a surprise for my beloved Albert, for 10th of Feb’. It was placed in the Prince’s Dressing Room at Windsor. . ◼ Signed and dated: Fr Winterhalter. Inscribed on the back with the names of the sitter and artist and the date, 1847, with the date of the Queen’s marriage, 10 February 1840. . . . #QueenVictoria #HouseofHanover #HerMajesty #History #BritishMonarchy #GodSaveTheQueen #PrinceAlbert #HouseofSaxeCoburgandGotha #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #theyear1840 #d10feb #Bride #Weddingday #WeddingDress #historicart #RoyalWedding #Wedding #History #Stjamespalace (at St James's Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/BttVkewFNMZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=947uajdky2wt
