A collaboration with BBC Radio 4 to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Behind the Royal Image
In the first of the eight programmes, Will Gompertz looks at some of the most personal royal portraits in the Royal Collection and considers how important understanding and managing image has been to the Monarchy.
William Constable (1783-1861)
Prince Albert (1819-1861)
Lucas Horenbout (c. 1490/5-1544)
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519-1536)
Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835)
[George III]
Joseph Lee (1780-1859)
George III (1738-1820)
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
Guido Mazzoni (d. 1518)
Henry VIII (1491-1547) when a young boy (?)
Johan Joseph Zoffany (Frankfurt 1733-London 1810)
Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) with her Two Eldest Sons
Philippe Mercier (1689-1760)
'The Music Party': Frederick, Prince of Wales with his Three Eldest Sisters
John Riley (1646-91)
Bridget Holmes (1591-1691)
Carl Haag (1820-1915)
Morning in the Highlands: The Royal Family ascending Lochnagar
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Sketches of the Royal Children by V.R. from 1841-1859
Roger Fenton (1819-69)