Irish poet Martin Archer Shee was also a talented artist, well-known in London society, counting luminaries like Edmund Burke and Joshua Reynolds among his friends. This painting was not the first time Princess (later Queen) Victoria sat for Shee; he produced her previous portrait when she was just a child.
Portrait of Princess Victoria, c.1835, Oil on CanvasSir Martin Archer Shee Ireland (1769 - 1850) |
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Irish poet Martin Archer Shee was also a talented artist, well-known in London society, counting luminaries like Edmund Burke and Joshua Reynolds among his friends. This painting was not the first time Princess (later Queen) Victoria sat for Shee; he produced her previous portrait when she was just a child. |
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