Louis Philippe, King of France, Visited by Queen Victoria
This print commemorates Queen Victoria's and Prince Albert's visit to France in September 1843, said to be the first by a British monarch since Henry VIII had attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 (!) They were received on September 5 at Château d'Eu in Normandy by King Louis Philippe and Queen Marie Amelie. The French monarchs are accompanied by their eldest daughter Louise D'Orléans, and her husband Leopold I, King of the Belgians (Victoria's uncle on her mother's side).
Artwork Details
- Title: Louis Philippe, King of France, Visited by Queen Victoria
- Lithographer: Nicolas Eustache Maurin (French, Perpignan 1799–1850 Paris)
- Publisher: E. Gambart, Junin & Co. (London)
- Artist: Bulla & Delarue (French, active 1839–49)
- Sitter: Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
- Sitter: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German, Coburg 1819–1861 Windsor)
- Sitter: Louis Philippe, King of France (French, Paris 1773–1850 Claremont, Surrey)
- Sitter: Louise of Orléans (French, Palermo 1812–1850 Ostend)
- Sitter: Leopold I, King of the Belgians (reigned 1831-1865)
- Sitter: Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782–1866)
- Date: 1843–44
- Medium: Lithograph on chine collé
- Dimensions: Chine: 15 13/16 × 20 1/4 in. (40.2 × 51.4 cm)
Sheet: 17 5/16 × 21 7/8 in. (44 × 55.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940
- Object Number: 40.124.37
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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