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Queen Victoria in formal dress and crown, wearing a sash, jewelry, and a long veil, posed with one hand resting on a table, circa 1890. Queen Victoria seated on the throne at her 1837 coronation in Westminster Abbey, as the Archbishop of Canterbury places the crown on her head, surrounded by clergy, courtiers, and the royal family. Lord Melbourne Queen Victoria and Prince Albert The marriage of Victoria and Albert Queen Victoria and Prince Albert John Linnell: portrait of Sir Robert Peel Robert Wilson: Chartist demonstration Queen Victoria stands at the center of a large crowd under a canopy at the ornate Crystal Palace during the state opening of the Great Exhibition in London, 1851. Portrait of Queen Victoria in profile, wearing a dark dress with a lace collar, brooches, and a white veil over her hair.
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Portrait of Queen Victoria in profile, wearing a dark dress with a lace collar, brooches, and a white veil over her hair.
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Take a royal trip to Buckingham Palace, the official residence and home of Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II
Overview of Buckingham Palace, London.
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Know the reason why Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the Canadian capital
Examining why Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the Canadian capital.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria Day is celebrated in Canada in honor of Queen Victoria's birthday.
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coronation of Queen Victoria
Coronation of Queen Victoria, 1838.
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Lord Melbourne
Lord Melbourne, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1844; in the National...
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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert riding in Windsor Park.
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The marriage of Victoria and Albert
Queen Victoria married Prince Albert on February 10, 1840, in a highly publicized...
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Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a youthful married couple.
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John Linnell: portrait of Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, detail of an oil painting by John Linnell, 1838; in the National...
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Robert Wilson: Chartist demonstration
Chartist demonstration, Kennington Common, 1848; illustration from The Life and...
From The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, volume II, by Robert Wilson (Cassell and Company, Limited, 1900)
Queen Victoria at the Crystal Palace
Queen Victoria presiding at the state opening of the Great Exhibition of 1851 at...
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Queen Victoria.
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Victoria
Illustration depicting Victoria's coronation in 1837 (top) and her Golden Jubilee...
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Queen Victoria
Portrait of Queen Victoria, from an 1882 photograph by Alexander Bassano.
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace and the Queen Victoria Memorial statue (left), London.
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Brock, Sir Thomas: Queen Victoria statue
Queen Victoria, statue designed by Sir Thomas Brock, in Victoria Square, Birmingham,...
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Queen Victoria
When the HMS Resolute was decommissioned, the queen had the ship's wood...
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Queen Victoria's coronation
The archbishop of Canterbury placing St. Edward's Crown on Victoria's head during...
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