A watercolour of a scene from Charles Kean's 1859 production of Shakespeare's Henry V. This depicts the English army before the Battle of Agincourt from Act IV, scene three, with Henry V (Charles Kean) addressing his troops. Lundgren may have used drawings made for Kean by F. Lloyds and Thomas Grieve as the basis for his work. These are now in the Victoria & Albert Museum (D1737 and others).

Queen Victoria saw the production four times at the Princess's Theatre. She recorded her reaction in her Journal on 30 March 1859: 'magnificent & as interesting as Richard IInd. Scenery, dresses, decorations, all exceeding even that. Kean's acting of the part of Henry Vth is admirable, so full of spirit & youth... It is a very long play & there was considerable delay in the shifting of scenery.' She described the scene shown here as 'admirably rendered & beautifully spoken by Kean.'

This watercolour is mounted in the Theatrical Album, a blue morocco album presented to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852, into which the queen pasted theatrical watercolours, drawings and photographs until 1861. A small number of further items have been added at the back of the album. Queen Victoria greatly valued the album, of which she wrote to her daughter Victoria 'has been so much admired. I take the g[rea]test. care of it, & do not let it out of my Hands'.