Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Baroness Lehzen dated 22 Oct 1836
Pencil | RCIN 980006.i
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A pencil drawing showing Baroness Louise Lehzen. She is shown bust-length and facing left. She is wearing a large frilled bonnet.
Inscribed below: Baroness Lehzen. Drawn from nature.
Inscribed lower left: P.V. del: Ramsgate. 22d Oct: 1836.
Baroness Louise Lehzen was Princess Victoria's governess from 1824 and became the young queen's unofficial aide after she ascended the throne in 1837. In her journal the young princess described her governess as "the most affectionate, devoted, attached, and disinterested friend I have, and I love her most dearly." Lehzen remained a close companion of Queen Victoria until she was pensioned off to Germany in 1842, after clashing with the queen's husband Prince Albert. Queen Victoria visited her former governess twice during family trips to Germany and the two maintained a regular correspondence until Lehzen's death in 1870. -
Medium and techniques
Pencil
Place of Production
Ramsgate [Kent]