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| Victoria, Princess Royal with Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Islay the Dog Thomas Musgrove, 1843 Crown Copyright The Royal Collection Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
Thomas Musgrove Joy (1812-66) painted this masterpiece in 1843. The piece was commissioned by Her Majesty Queen Victoria and is actually a newer version of a different painting which was originally created by Sir Francis Grant of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s two eldest children.
Now, it may look like two little girls, but let's remember that, in the early Nineteenth Century--in fact, well into the late Nineteenth Century--little boys below a certain age wore dresses, too.
Here, we see Prince Albert Edward (“Bertie”—later King Edward VII) who is shown as a child with a rattle in his hand and his sister, Victoria the Princess Royal, is holding up a biscuit for which Islay the dog is begging. Islay was Queen Victoria’s favorite Skye terrier. The Queen described him as “my faithful little companion of more than 5 years ... always with me, & ... a great darling.”
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| Crown Copyright The Royal Collection Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
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