SULLY, Thomas
(b. 1783, Horncastle, d. 1872, Philadelphia)

Queen Victoria

1838
Oil on canvas, 143 x 113 cm
Wallace Collection, London

This painting is a reduced version of a whole-length portrait of the young Queen at the time of her coronation which was painted in London for the Society of the Sons of St George of Philadelphia.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 6 minutes):
Sir Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March op. 39 No. 1