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Description: | Oil on canvas. This painting is based closely on a photograph by Argent Archer, London, which was reproduced in ‘The Illustrated London News’ on 26 June 1897. It represents the Thanksgiving Service outside St Paul's Cathedral on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee on 22 June 1897.
In the same issue another painting of the event by Gennaro d'Amato was reproduced, showing a closer view of the carriage outside the Cathedral and the crowds behind. The illustrations accompanied a lengthy account of the ‘Queen's Day’, which was hot and sunny. Queen Victoria was greeted by over a million-and-a-half of her subjects. She travelled through London in a horse-drawn carriage, from Buckingham Palace to St Paul's Cathedral, together with members of her family. Here, she is seen seated in the carriage under a parasol, accompanied by Princess Helena and the Princess of Wales.
This painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1899. It was the only work by d’Amato to be shown at the Academy. | Subjects: | Queen military uniform horse street helmet parade royal footman topography choral music parasol jubilee Queen Victoria crowd townscape/cityscape sash carriage history painting robe horseback ceremonial costume guardsman pillar cathedral clerical costume choir | Temporal: | 1898 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Gennaro d'Amato | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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