A set of 19th-century drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria will be put up for auction in London next week. ... who painted the Queen’s coronation portrait and was her court painter for many years.

Her father-in-law, George Hayter, was Queen Victoria’s court painter, who painted the monarch’s coronation portrait. He was also the Queen’s drawing instructor.

Queen Victoria has proved to be considerably more durable than the British Empire. The stage has become her throne and she has moved from history into legend. For Helen Hayes, the role was the ...

Commemorating the coronation of Elizabeth II : an exhibition of English silver, seals and signatures of British sovereigns, portrait engravings: Edward I to Queen Victoria, four centuries of the Book ...