The Hansons auction also contains a letterbox once owned by Queen Victoria, which the consigner’s grandfather acquired at the same time as the paintings. It carries an estimate of £4,000 to £ ...

The auction house has previously sold other works by royal artists, including a painting by Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Victoria, which fetched £4,198 (around $5,320) last year.

In January of 2023, two floral oil paintings by Queen Victoria respectively fetched £9,500 ($12,175) and £10,000 ($12,816) at Hanson’s Auctioneer’s London showroom.

Like her grandfather George III, Victoria ruled as a constitutional monarch—a queen who, though possessing powers of her own, shared the burden of governance with Parliament and its ministers ...

The oil on canvas full body portrait of Queen Victoria, painted by Girardot in 1890, was sold for £1,000. The paintings previously adorned the Trust’s boardroom but had been in storage for ...