Queen lends artworks to Warwickshire exhibition

16 March 2019

News image — Sketches by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert can be viewed at the gallery until June

Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Prince Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, Albert & Victoria, 8 Jan 1843 — Sketches by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert can be viewed at the gallery until June

The Queen has loaned a collection of art depicting royal children, including pieces drawn by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

The sketches by the royal couple are among works on display in the Painting Childhood exhibition at Compton Verney Gallery and Park in Warwickshire.

The works include some from royal palaces, including Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and others from private royal residences.

The exhibition starts on Saturday.

Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Sir Edward Landseer. Victoria Princess Royal — The gallery said some works were from the royal palaces, while others have come from private royal residences

Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth William Essex, Bracelet with miniatures of the royal children c 1845-50. — A bracelet with miniatures of the Royal Children by William Essex from 1845-1850

Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Hans Holbein the Younger, Edward, Prince of Wales — The exhibition covers 500 years, and features works by artists including Hans Holbein the Younger

The gallery said the art covers 500 years and includes works by artists van Dyck, Holbein, Gainsborough and Hogarth.

Curator Amy Orrock said: "From Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to some of the world's greatest artists, these iconic paintings of children enable us to experience the joys and sometimes the sadness of childhood portrayed."

Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Sir Anthony Van Dyk, The five eldest children of Charles I 1637 — The Five Eldest Children of Charles I, painted by Sir Anthony van Dyck in 1637

Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Franz Xaver Winterhalter, King Edward VII when Albert Prince of Wales, 1846. — Paintings of Queen Victoria's nine children are on display

Royal Collection Trust/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Federico Barocci, The head and shoulders of a swaddled baby, lying down. — Federico Barocci's The head and shoulders of a swaddled baby, lying down

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