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Posted on 01/13/2012 7:04:58 AM PST by C19fan
They were intimate pictures she never wanted the public to see. So when Queen Victoria’s family portraits – sketched by herself – were leaked to a journalist, she sought an injunction. In one of the first cases of its kind, the furious monarch applied to the courts to stop publication of the drawings in the 1840s. Now, more than 150 years later, the public will be offered the rare chance to see them when copies of six of the pictures go to auction.
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More about Queen Vic(as she was known to her “friends” ;-)):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_victoria
Victoria - The Kinks
Long ago life was clean
Sex was bad and obscene
And the rich were so mean
Stately homes for the Lords
Croquet lawns, village greens
Victoria was my queen
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, ‘toria
I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love
Though I am poor, I am free
When I grow I shall fight
For this land I shall die
Let her sun never set
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, ‘toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, toria
Land of hope and gloria
Land of my Victoria
Land of hope and gloria
Land of my Victoria
Victoria, ‘toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, ‘toria
Canada to India
Australia to Cornwall
Singapore to Hong Kong
From the West to the East
From the rich to the poor
Victoria loved them all
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, ‘toria
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria
Very nice sketches. Thanks for posting.
Charming pictures. She was talented.
One of my all time favorite bands!
I think she had wonderful artistic talent. (but I will admit I wouldn’t want her childhood nickname.. nuff said)
BTTT
I am sure as a girl/young woman a major part of her education was learning to draw and paint. That was considered a must for a woman of middle/high social status especially the future Queen. :)
Loved that song!
Wonder if they were as pudgy as she sketched them?
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