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Matthew Kendrick (c. 1797-c. 1874)
Queen Victoria's Departure from Kingstown, Ireland, 10 August 1849 Before 2 Mar 1850
Oil on canvas | 101.8 x 204.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405384
Throne Room, Hillsborough Castle
Matthew Kendrick (c. 1797-c. 1874)
Queen Victoria's Departure from Kingstown, Ireland, 10 August 1849 Before 2 Mar 1850
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Queen Victoria had arrived in Dublin on 6 August and left from Kingstown on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert on 10 August. She recorded the occasion depicted in the painting in her Journal: 'We stood on the paddle box, as we slowly & majestically steamed out of Kingstown amidst the cheers of thousands and thousands, & salutes, I, waving my handkerchief as a parting acknowledgement of the loyalty shown me'.
The artist Matthew Kendrick was Irish, the son of a Customs official, who served at sea before becoming a painter and specialising in pictures of harbours and coastlines.Provenance
Purchased by Queen Victoria, April 1850; recorded in the State Visitors' Bedroom no 228 at Buckingham Palace in 1869
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
101.8 x 204.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
145.5 x 247.3 x 12.3 cm (frame, external)
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Queen Victoria's Departure from Queenstown, Ireland, 10 August 1849
Queen Victoria's departure from Ireland, 10 August 1849
