Portrait of Queen Victoria
Print
1897 (printed)
1897 (printed)
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This very unusual image made up of lines of text describing key events in the life of Queen Victoria is both a picture and a history lesson. It took four years and seven months to complete and consists of 173,000 words. The picture was published to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. It also demonstrates one of the uses that the technique of lithography, so well suited to the reproduction of texts, could be put. The story begins in the top left hand corner of Queen Victoria's hair, before the bonnet.
Object details
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| Title | Portrait of Queen Victoria (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | micrographic lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Lithograph portrait of Queen Victoria to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee |
| Physical description | Portrait of Queen Victoria to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee made up of lines of text describing key events in the Queen's life. The story begins in the top left hand corner of Queen Victoria's hair before the bonnet. |
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| Credit line | Given by Anthony Charles Killick |
| Object history | Possibly a gift from George V, then Prince of Wales, to the grandfather of Anthony Charles Killick (the donor of the print), either for his services as a tailor to the Prince or upon his eldest son's death while serving in one of the Prince's Battalions in World War I. |
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| Summary | This very unusual image made up of lines of text describing key events in the life of Queen Victoria is both a picture and a history lesson. It took four years and seven months to complete and consists of 173,000 words. The picture was published to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. It also demonstrates one of the uses that the technique of lithography, so well suited to the reproduction of texts, could be put. The story begins in the top left hand corner of Queen Victoria's hair, before the bonnet. |
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| Accession number | E.496-1999 |
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| Record created | February 29, 2000 |
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