Portfolio Cover for a Collection of Caricatures and Satires

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Anonymous, British, 19th century|Queen Victoria

ca. 1845 · Paper-covered boards, decorated with a lithograph · Drawings and Prints

This portfolio cover, likely made by an amateur collector, consists of boards covered with ornamental paper (green printed with a black foliage pattern), with the top board decorated with a hand-colored lithograph that shows Prince Albert driving Queen Victoria and three of their children in an open carriage. The prince wears a garter star on his coat, and the queen and children have ermine edged coats. The couple's first three children were Victoria (b. 1840), Edward (b. 1841), and Alice (b. 1843).

Artist

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Anonymous, British, 19th century|Queen Victoria

Date

ca. 1845

Medium

Paper-covered boards, decorated with a lithograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014