Large and bold ink signature, "Victoria R,” on an off-white 5.5 x 2.5 slip, likely removed from a grant of arms or similar. Matted and framed with an engraving of the Queen on a white horse by Walter L. Colls to an overall size of 13.5 x 19.5. In very good to fine condition, with several vertical folds.
Victoria, the second-longest serving monarch in British history (after Queen Elizabeth II) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, King George III’s third son. Following the death of King William IV in 1837, Victoria was the only heir to the throne, he having had no legitimate children. The Victorian age, as it came to be known, saw the expansion of the British Empire into the greatest power on earth at the time and brought with it both fabulous wealth and prosperity; and incredible poverty. Nevertheless, the Empire was seen by many as a “civilizing” influence on the world until its dismantlement in 1947; and the advent of the British Commonwealth.
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