The auction house has previously sold other works by royal artists, including a painting by Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Victoria, which fetched £4,198 (around $5,320) last year.

A painting of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, an African slave who became Queen Victoria’s goddaughter, has been unveiled at Osborne, the British former monarch’s seaside home.

In January of 2023, two floral oil paintings by Queen Victoria respectively fetched £9,500 ($12,175) and £10,000 ($12,816) at Hanson’s Auctioneer’s London showroom.

Queen Victoria acceded to the throne in 1837 when she was 18 years old. As historian Daisy Goodwin told PEOPLE, this was a revelatory moment for the United Kingdom.

The new painting will be on display at the Queen’s former seaside residence, Osborne, throughout October, as part of a wider series of portraits to commemorate Black people who have been ...

The Hansons auction also contains a letterbox once owned by Queen Victoria, which the consigner’s grandfather acquired at the same time as the paintings. It carries an estimate of £4,000 to £ ...

She loathed being pregnant, describing it in 1858 as feeling “pinned down” and having “one’s wings clipped.” Queen Victoria and Prince Albert pose with five of their children in 1846.