# Queen Victoria was an artist. Who knew? LINK

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**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-victoria-was-an-artist-who-knew-link/1001547 "2024-05-14T11:29:23Z")\
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Watercolors were Her Majesty’s field, and she painted in her journals.  
She also did inks and pencils.  
A warm & charming style, she had.  
[LINK TO ARTICLE](https://flashbak.com/queen-victorias-little-known-art-455483/)

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
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No pictures of Albert?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
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Nice.  
I think all young women were taught art, music, dance, needlework and the like in her time.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
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You want art by a ruler of the Empire, check out [Winston Churchill’s art.](https://www.wikiart.org/en/winston-churchill)

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I read in a children’s novel (_The Liberation of Clementine Tipton_, by Jane Flory) about the U. S. Centennial celebration that Queen Victoria sent some of her work to display in the Ladies’ Pavilion.

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> No pictures of Albert?

The Royal Collection has several dozen sketches of him by her, particularly from the early years of their marriage, such as [this one](https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/4/collection/980063/portrait-of-prince-albert).

> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> I think all young women were taught art, music, dance, needlework and the like in her time.

True, at least for those from families with money. But, in [Richard Westall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Westall) and [William Leighton Leitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leighton_Leitch), she had access to the best available teachers.