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Queen Victoria's Bedroom at Saint-Cloud

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Date

1855

Artist

Jean Baptiste van Moer (1819-1894)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/920065

Description

Queen Victoria's bedroom at the Château de Saint-Cloud. A telescope on a stand at the centre, and a view through the window out to an upper floor. Signed and dated at lower right: B. Van Moer. 1855. In August 1855 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert spent ten days in Paris, on the invitation of Napoléon III and his wife Eugénie. The historic state visit was intended to celebrate the military alliance between Britain and France in the Crimean War, and followed a visit by the imperial couple to Windsor in April that year. The party stayed at the Château de Saint-Cloud, to the west of Paris, which was later destroyed in the Franco-Prussian War. The apartments were those usually occupied by the Emperor and Empress, who was distressed 'at seeing how much less pretty the rooms were than those prepared for the Emperor and Empress at Windsor' (Letters of Lady Augusta Stanley, 1849-1863, London 1927, p. 73). Queen Victoria wrote in her journal that she 'slept very well & woke to admire our lovely room. . . furnished with the greatest taste. . . the ceilings are painted to represent sky' (Journal, 19 August 1855). A copy of the watercolour was made by Jean-Baptiste-Fortune de Fournier in 1860, and shows the Old Master paintings replaced by flower paintings (Château de Compiègne).

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Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018

Location

Château de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France

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Interiors
Royalty
Palaces

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Buildings & Architecture

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