This catalogue raisonne of Queen Victoria’s vast collection of watercolours and drawings presents in two volumes, through the work of over a thousand artists, a kaleidoscope of Victorian England. These works, mainly collected and commissioned by Queen Victoria and members of her family, provide a uniquely detailed record of the Queen’s interests and of events, both public and private, during her long reign. Many are by such familiar names as Burne-Jones, Callow, Dore, Haghe, Hayter, Lami, Landseer, Leighton and Winterhalter. Around 7,000 drawings and watercolours are described, with 1,100 works illustrated in black and white and 33 in colour. The artists’ relationships with their royal patrons are explored in the biographies, and extensive quotations from previously unpublished material in the Royal Archives provide the reader with new and often unexpected insights into the period. The catalogue also contains watercolours and drawings collected by the other members of the…
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