Queen Victoria
Series looking at photographs of ten icons. This edition explores how photography changed the relationship between the monarchy and the public during Queen Victoria's reign.
Queen Victoria's accession to the throne in 1837 coincided almost exactly with the invention of photography. She would be the first woman in the world to live both her private and public lives in front of the camera.
At first, photography was a private pleasure, a way of capturing images of herself and her family for their own personal amusement. But during the course of her 64-year reign, Queen Victoria began to use the camera as a political weapon. The new art of photography was a vital tool in Victoria's battle to safeguard the British throne. It was a means to quell the forces of republicanism, a way to win the affection and sympathy of her people and an opportunity to establish her as the defining symbol of British imperial power.
By the time Queen Victoria died in 1901, photography had transformed the relationship between the monarchy and the people. The private life of the monarch was more visible to more people than ever before. But Victoria still managed to take one photographic secret to the grave.
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Meek Mill
Lord Knows
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Alfred Scholz, London Festival Orchestra
Tannhauser
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Richard Wagner
Tannh盲user (Overture)
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Richard Wagner
Tannh盲user (Overture) (Proms 2016)
Credit
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Emily Kennedy |
Broadcasts
- Wed 17 Dec 2014 15:55大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Thu 17 Dec 2015 16:00
- Thu 17 Nov 2016 06:15
- Tue 7 Mar 2017 06:00
- Fri 25 Aug 2017 06:00
- Tue 2 Jan 2018 22:00
- Thu 21 Mar 2019 06:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Wed 13 May 2020 22:00
- Mon 18 Jan 2021 23:25
- Sun 22 Aug 2021 15:50大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Mon 20 Jun 2022 23:00
- Sat 22 Jul 2023 16:15大象传媒 Two except Scotland & Wales
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