Queen Victoria portrait up for auction NEWS
An oil painting of Queen Victoria and her servant John Brown, by one of her favourite artists, could fetch up to £30,000 at auction next month.
An oil painting of Queen Victoria and her servant John Brown, by one of her favourite artists, could fetch up to £30,000 at auction next month.
The painting by Charles Burton Barber (a gift from the Queen to Mr Brown) shows them on his birthday in 1876. Barber's painting is among 500 royal artefacts from Old Battersea House, the home of the Forbes family. Other lots include letters, furniture and art work, which are collectively valued between £1.5m and £2m.
The items were on public display at Old Battersea House last weekend and will be exhibited at Lyon and Turnbull from Friday 28 October until the morning of the sale. The lots on show and up for auction would definitely been the crowning glory for any collector of Victoriana.
The painting itself is said to add to the intrigue surrounding the companionship between Queen Victoria and John Brown. As a personal gift from her Majesty to Brown, whoever is lucky enough to purchase it doesn't just acquire a work of art but a snapshot of the private life of one of our most admired monarchs.
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