
Home and Family
Victoria and Albert collected many watercolour views of their homes, inside and out. These were settings for both domestic and court life, and the watercolours offer a glimpse of royal family life – private spaces such as bedrooms and sitting rooms, and family celebrations of birthdays and christenings.
The royal parents were also eager to document their growing family, and they kept sculptors, painters and photographers busy recording the appearances and activities of their nine children as they grew. Victoria and Albert kept some of these watercolours in a separate sequence of family portrait albums.
Caleb Robert Stanley (1795-1868)
The Garden Front of Buckingham Palace
Joseph Nash (1809-78)
The Grand Corridor, Windsor Castle
Joseph Nash (1809-78)
Queen Victoria's Bedroom, Windsor Castle
Louis Haghe (1806-85)
The banquet for Prince Leopold's christening, 28 June 1853
James Roberts (c. 1800-67)
Queen Victoria's Christmas tree at Windsor Castle, 1850
James Roberts (c. 1800-67)
Queen Victoria's Birthday Table at Osborne House, 24 May 1861
Eugene-Louis Lami (1800-90)
The Stuart Ball at Buckingham Palace, 13 June 1851
Eugene-Louis Lami (1800-90)
The Grand Staircase at Buckingham Palace, 5 July 1848
Eugenio Agneni (1816-1879)
The Children's Fancy Ball at Buckingham Palace, 7th April 1859
Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
Princess Louise with her nursemaid, Eliza Collins
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)