Lady Canning: Artist and Traveller

Lady Canning was a talented watercolour artist who became lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria in 1842. She accompanied the Queen on many public and private tours and recorded the places that they visited in a series of accomplished watercolours, particularly of Scotland and Osborne on the Isle of Wight. She also instructed Victoria in the art of watercolour and one of Queen Victoria’s copies after Lady Canning’s work is on display in the exhibition, showing the countryside near Balmoral in Scotland. With her husband Charles, Charlotte also travelled around Europe and eventually accompanied him to India, when he was appointed Governor-General in 1855. These exceptionally fine watercolours are on display for the first time in over 20 years. The exhibition initially concentrates on the relationship between Queen Victoria and Lady Canning and Charlotte’s travels around Europe. It will be refreshed at the end of June to reflect her time in India, as we approach the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence this summer.

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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/yh000060?id=EVENT573668