Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Come face to face with an evocative portait of Queen
Victoria at just 18 years old. The American artist
Thomas Sully painted Victoria just after ascending the
throne — youthful and luminous with a touch of
humanising uncertainty. Join Dr. Xavier Bray, Director
of the Wallace Collection, as he unpacks the image
marking the beginning of a 63-year reign.

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