S.M. la Queen Victoria, la grand Doyenne – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: S.M. la Queen Victoria, la grand Doyenne, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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S.M. la Queen Victoria, la grand Doyenne
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Here Queen Victoria appears not simply as ruler of Britain but as the "grand doyenne," the senior figure among Europe's sovereigns, as the title puts it. The print is a color halftone reproduction of a work by Charles Léandre, a Paris artist known for satirical portraits, and it was published in 1897 in *Musée des Souverains*. That year marked Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, sixty years on the throne, which made her one of the longest-serving monarchs of her era. Note how the artist places her among her royal contemporaries.
| Created / published | 1897 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, col. |
| Subjects | C. Leandre; Darnier Delherge, sc. -- 1897. Illus. in: Musee des Souverains. Pairs : F. Juvenal, 1897. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,165 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160272 |
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