Monday, August 22, 2011

Painting of the Day: King Edward VII as Prince of Wales, 1862


Edward VII
as Prince of Wales
The Royal Collection
John Whitehead Walton painted this handsome portrait in 1862 of the eldest son of Queen Victoria & Prince Albert—the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.

This painting was created especially for Victoria who, later in life, grew to hate it as she associated her son with the greatest tragedy of her life.

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