Victoria and Albert are greeted having arrived at St Pierre, Guernsey, with crowds lining the harbour

Victoria and Albert: Our Lives in Watercolour: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse

×

This exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions

Works in focus

Explore works from the exhibition below

Learn more about the places and people captured in these wonderful works, and why they were so treasured by Victoria and Albert.

A watercolour showing a lady and a small girl approaching down the Grand Corridor at Windsor Castle, possibly intended to represent the Queen with Princess Alice. Signed and dated bottom right: Joseph. Nash. 1846
The Grand Corridor, constructed by Jeffry

Watercolour of the Grand Corridor at Windsor

A watercolour showing studies of landscapes, trees and colour trials, possibly executed under the tutelage of WL Leitch. Colour trials are shown at the top of the sheet, with a flat landscape shown below to the right. A tree is shown to the left, with a p

A watercolour lesson

A watercolour and bodycolour drawing of Queen Victoria's arrival into Paris. The royal party is travelling by carriage under a temporary triumphal arch erected close to the Rue Le Peletier, at the junction of the Boulevard des Italiens and the Boulevard M

Queen Victoria's entry into Paris

A watercolour showing some of the Indian exhibits at the Great Exhibition. In the centre is the howdah lent by Queen Victoria that had been presented to her by the Nawab Nazim of Bengal. For other views of the Indian section, see RCINs 919968, 919943, 919

The Great Exhibition

Quick Links

Official Royal Residences

The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.