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Queen Victoria Receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation, 28 June 1838

Photograph
c. 1841 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Hogg, Jabez (photographer)
Leslie, Charles Robert (R.A.) (painter)
Place of origin
Westminster (photographed)

Daguerreotype made directly from a painting called 'Queen Victoria Receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation, 28 June 1838' by Charles Robert Leslie in 1841, which was painted for Queen Victoria and is now in the Royal Collection (RCIN 406993). The daguerreotype is glazed in a passe-partout frame. The tape edging is coloured gold with black lines used as a decorative frame.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Pageants and Ceremonies
Royalty
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleQueen Victoria Receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation, 28 June 1838 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Daguerreotype in a passe-partout frame
Copper
Glass
Metal
Paper (Fiber Product)
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Jabez Hogg after a painting by Charles Robert Leslie, Queen Victoria Receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation, 28 June 1838, daguerreotype, c. 1841.
Physical description
Daguerreotype made directly from a painting called 'Queen Victoria Receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation, 28 June 1838' by Charles Robert Leslie in 1841, which was painted for Queen Victoria and is now in the Royal Collection (RCIN 406993). The daguerreotype is glazed in a passe-partout frame. The tape edging is coloured gold with black lines used as a decorative frame.
Dimensions
  • Frame height: 107mm
  • Frame width: 153mm
  • Frame depth: 4mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • No 15 Coronation of Queen Victoria / Daguerreotype From a painting 1841 ? / by Jabez Hogg.

    Note
    Handwritten on verso in black ink.



  • Note
    Green sticker with '26' on recto, on verso. Brown paper with '15' handwritten in ink, on recto, on bottom left corner of glazing.

Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Production
This daguerreotype was made after a painting by Charles Robert Leslie.
Associated objects
Other numbers
  • XRG1073 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28225 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • C7/D7 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • Cat no. 26 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 15 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.540-2017

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Record createdJuly 4, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1403579/queen-victoria-receiving-the-sacrament-photograph-hogg-jabez/
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