Queen Victoria and Edward VII

Sitter Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland British

October 13, 1908

Not on view

Two overlapped silhouettes represent Queen Victoria standing behind her son Edward VII, both figures elderly and portly. Edward did not come to the throne until he was sixty, then reigned for just nine years. His mother, by contrast, acceded in 1837, when she was ninteen and reigned until 1901.

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Title: Queen Victoria and Edward VII
Artist: James H. Pleasants (American, active ca. 1900)
Sitter: Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
Sitter: Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (British, London 1841–1910 London)
Date: October 13, 1908
Medium: Cut paper on card
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 2 1/8 in. (7.5 × 5.3 cm)
Classification: Cut Paper
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Martin, 1938
Object Number: 38.145.370
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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