Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1966.025.003 |
Object Name |
Commemorative |
Other Name |
Picture, Woven |
Title |
Woven In Memoriam Portrait of Queen Victoria |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Date |
1901 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
England, United Kingdom? |
Description |
A silk picture that is machine-woven with a portrait of Queen Victoria, and glued behind a pale green mat with a gilt-rimmed round-top void. This item commemorates the reign of the late Queen Victoria. She was born May 24, 1819 and died Jan. 22, 1901. Beneath the portrait reads "Osborne Windsor" in black thread / "Her Majesty, The Late Queen Victoria" in light blue text. Stamped on the mat below the picture is "Women in pure silk." |
Provenance |
Original provenance unknown. Belonged to Owen Sound's Helen K. Bishop. |
Collection |
Organizational/Government Collection |
Material |
Silk/Cardboard/Dye |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Bishop, Allan Kilbourn Victoria, Queen Bishop, Helen Kilbourn Bishop, Florence Bishop, Jean |
Subjects |
Royalty |
Search Terms |
Victorian |
Function |
This woven commemorative piece is likely from c. 1901-1902, when people were mourning the death of Queen Victoria, who died on Jan. 22, 1901, and various items were produced and displayed in Britain and the British Empire. The Queen was succeeded by her son, Edward, and the Victorian era became the Edwardian era. |