The Coronation of Queen Victoria (Martin)

The Coronation of Queen Victoria
Artist	John Martin
Year	1839
Type	Oil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions	238.1 cm× 185.4 cm(93.7 in× 73.0 in)
Location	Tate Britain, London

The Coronation of Queen Victoria is an 1839 history painting by the British artist John Martin. ^[1] It depicts a view of the interior of Westminster Abbey during the Coronation of Queen Victoria on 28 June 1838. Victoria had succeeded her uncle William IV to the throne the previous year. ^[2]

Martin had built his reputation on his epic pictures of biblical scenes such as Belshazzar's Feast and The Seventh Plague of Egypt . This picture marked a change of pace for him, recording a scene of recent history. ^[3] It is now in the collection of Tate Britain in London, having been acquired in 1946. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Hermann p.179
2. Kinzler p.171
3. Morris p.26-27
4. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-coronation-of-queen-victoria-200694
5. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/martin-the-coronation-of-queen-victoria-n05753

Bibliography

• Herrmann, Luke. Nineteenth Century British Painting. Charles de la Mare, 2000.
• Kinzler, Julia. Representing Royalty: British Monarchs in Contemporary Cinema, 1994-2010. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
• Morris, Frankie. Artist of Wonderland: The Life, Political Cartoons, and Illustrations of Tenniel. Lutterworth Press, 2023.