Portrait of Queen Victoria (Archer Shee)

Portrait of Queen Victoria is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the Irish artist Martin Archer Shee, from 1843. It depicts Queen Victoria, who has succeeded to the throne five years earlier. She is shown at full-length wearing the robes of state.

Portrait of Queen Victoria
Artist	Martin Archer Shee
Year	1843
Type	Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions	270 cm × 177.5 cm (110 in × 69.9 in)
Location	Royal Academy of Arts, London

Archer Shee was a fashionable portraitist who had made his name during the Regency era and had been elected President of the Royal Academy in 1830, succeeding his friend and rival Thomas Lawrence.^[1] The painting was commissioned by the academy from Archer Shee.^[2] Sixty years earlier portraits of King George III and Queen Charlotte, Victoria's grandparents, had been produced for the academy by the inaugural President Joshua Reynolds.

The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1843 at Somerset House. It remains in the collection of the Royal Academy.^[3]