Victoria and Albert Museum, London Queen Victoria’s sapphire and diamond coronet, designed by Prince Albert, made by Joseph Kitching ... wore it in a portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

It was made by Joseph Kitching ... the first and most renowned portrait of the Queen painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. “The painting depicts Victoria as a figure of youth and beauty, regal ...

Known to have ruled for decades, Queen Victoria is also famous for the ... she became the Queen of Hungary after she married Emperor Franz Joseph I, who was her cousin, at the age of 16.

Photo Josse/Leemage//Getty Images Victoria’s portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Prince Albert designed the coronet for his wife in 1840, the year the two married. The queen would go on to ...