A life-size marble statue of Queen Victoria wearing her Small Diamond Crown, lace veil, an evening dress with ruffled sleeves, and an ermine-trimmed cloak. She wears the Star and riband of the Order of the Garter, a diamond necklace from which is suspended a jewelled cross of Celtic form, and a large corsage brooch of a central jewel surrounded by smaller. On her right wrist is a four-strand pearl bracelet with a miniature and her left a snake bracelet. She is seated in a high-backed chair with her right foot resting on a footstool which bears the VA cipher. Her right hand holds the Sceptre with Cross. By her left is the collie Sharp.

This is the first large-scale marble commissioned by the queen from Boehm and is probably the first depiction of her, early in her widowhood, where that state is not foremost in the depiction. Subtle suggestions to this are shown with the brooch, a wedding gift from Prince Albert to his spouse on their wedding day, and the bracelets, as well as the Small Diamond Crown which was commissioned for use with a widow's veil. The marble block is notable for its flawlessness and size.  

Text adapted from Sculpture in the Collection of His Majesty The King, 2025.