Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837
Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837, June 20th 5am. When they brought our young Queen her new beautiful crown, she was still fast asleep, so she hadn't come down. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chamberlain knocking at the door, holding a crown on a cushion, to bring the news of the death of King William IV and to tell the former Princess Victoria that she is now Queen
Picture No
10542892
Media ID
47538436
Size
9597px x 7558px
(11.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration by Mary Francis Ames, words by Ernest Ames, in Really and Truly', circa 1900
Date
1837
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