The photograph, the source, and the unknowns
The W. & D. Downey portrait that became the official image of the 1897 Diamond Jubilee.
- Archive caption
- Queen Victoria, the Diamond Jubilee portrait
- Creator
- W. & D. Downey
- Date
- 1893
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Downey studio, 1893; William Downey died 1915; life+70 expired; US PD via pre-1930 publication · Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Source record
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This link carries its own context.
W. & D. Downey. “The Diamond Jubilee portrait by W. & D. Downey.” 1893. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Victoria_60._crownjubilee.jpg. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 722, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/3lhPAVl5b0Nd2Jr_/722
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