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Together with a companion portrait of the Prince himself (by C. W. Cope, RA), this was hung in the Great Room. Both pictures remained there until the alterations to the Society's House in 1922–1923 when they were removed to their present positions on the main staircase. In Horsley's painting the Queen and her children are shown as they would have been in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, which Prince Albert so largely inspired and guided. The young Prince of Wales is holding a plan of the Exhibition building. The other children depicted are (in order of age): the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Prince Alfred (subsequently Duke of Edinburgh), Princess Helena, Princess Louise and little Prince Arthur (who as Duke of Connaught was to assume the Presidency in 1911).

Royal Society of Arts

London

Title

Queen Victoria with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and Other Members of the Royal Family

Date

1864

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 335 x W 157 cm

Accession number

RSA006

Acquisition method

purchased by subscription by members of the RSA as a memorial to Prince Albert, 1863

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

PRESENTED TO THE SOCIETY OF ARTS By Members, to record their appreciation of the great services of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT during the 18 years he held the office of President of the Society

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