A pencil drawing showing Queen Victoria's coronation. The young queen's first prime minister, Lord Melbourne, is shown touching her crown in homage. Queen Victoria is shown seated on a throne on a raised platform with members of the clergy shown standing behind her. Lord Melbourne is shown standing on the steps of the platform, facing right in profile, with one hand raised to touch the queen's crown. Inscribed below: Ld Melbourne Doing homage -
Inscribed lower left: VR del -

Queen Victoria’s Coronation took place on 28 June 1838 at Westminster Abbey. After the event, the Queen made several drawings ‘recollecting’ the Coronation, under the guidance of her teacher Sir George Hayter.
In here journal entry of 28 June 1838, Queen Victoria records Lord Melbourne paying homage in detail, describing how "When my good Lord Melbourne knelt down and kissed my hand, he pressed my hand and I grasped his with all my heart, at which he looked up with his eyes filled with tears and seemed much touched, as he was, I observed, throughout the whole ceremony".