The patronage and collecting of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
The arts were a great shared passion of Victoria and Albert
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820)
Signed and dated 1841RCIN 421876
Queen Victoria was a keen patron of miniaturists, commissioning many works from a variety of different artists. Her collection comprised depictions of family members, friends, retainers and figures from royal history. This miniature copies a full-length portrait of the Duke of Kent, the Queen's father, who died when she was an infant, and was undoubtedly of particularly personal significance.