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Queen Victoria etchings auctioned in Gloucestershire | Queen Victoria etchings auctioned in Gloucestershire |
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Family etchings that were drawn and engraved by Queen Victoria have sold for £6,600. | |
The six prints, which depict her children Victoria and Alice as infants, sold to a telephone bidder on Wednesday afternoon. | |
Auctioneer Chris Albury, from Dominic Winter in Gloucestershire, described the work as "fly-on-the-wall domestic scenes inside the royal household". | Auctioneer Chris Albury, from Dominic Winter in Gloucestershire, described the work as "fly-on-the-wall domestic scenes inside the royal household". |
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert took up etching in 1840. | Queen Victoria and Prince Albert took up etching in 1840. |
Mr Albury said that apart from collections at Windsor and the British Museum, very few etchings by either existed. | |
Five of the etchings are of Princess Victoria, the Princess Royal, while the sixth features Princess Alice, he said. | Five of the etchings are of Princess Victoria, the Princess Royal, while the sixth features Princess Alice, he said. |
They were sold at Dominic Winter's auction in South Cerney, Gloucestershire by a West Country family. | |
Mr Albury said five phone bidders from the UK had fought it out, with the winning bidder purchasing them for £7,887 including a 19.5% premium. | |
"The lot was bought by an anonymous UK collector and I get the impression they were bought to be kept in the family forever more," he said. | |
Impressions of plates etched by the Queen and Prince Albert were pulled from a press for the couple and their close friends. | Impressions of plates etched by the Queen and Prince Albert were pulled from a press for the couple and their close friends. |
The plates were sometimes entrusted to a printer called Brown but in 1847, royal gossip journalist Jasper Tomsett Judge acquired 60 prints for £5 from Brown's employee, Middleton. | The plates were sometimes entrusted to a printer called Brown but in 1847, royal gossip journalist Jasper Tomsett Judge acquired 60 prints for £5 from Brown's employee, Middleton. |
When Judge advertised an exhibition and catalogue of the prints, the Queen and Prince Albert took out an injunction to stop them entering the public domain. | When Judge advertised an exhibition and catalogue of the prints, the Queen and Prince Albert took out an injunction to stop them entering the public domain. |
The etchings that were auctioned are not known to have been subject to the injunction, Mr Albury said. | |
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