{"product_id":"2026200013172-secondhand-queen-victorias-sketchbook","title":"Queen Victoria's Sketchbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the gilded formality of the Victorian court lay a monarch of surprising artistic sensitivity — Queen Victoria's Sketchbook by Marina Warner presents a fascinating and intimate portrait of Queen Victoria as a passionate draughtswoman, watercolourist, and lifelong devotee of the visual arts. Drawing on the Royal Collection's rich archive of the Queen's personal sketchbooks and artwork, Warner chronicles Victoria's artistic education under masters such as Richard Westall and, most significantly, Edwin Landseer, illuminating a creative practice that spanned her entire life from childhood to widowhood. The book presents Victoria's art not merely as a royal pastime, but as a profound window into her emotional world, her deep attachments to family, landscape, and the theatrical spectacles of her age.\n\nWarner, a celebrated cultural historian and critic, brings her characteristically elegant and erudite prose to bear on a subject that sits at the intersection of art history, biography, and social history. The result is a richly illustrated volume that reframes our understanding of one of history's most iconic figures, revealing a woman whose pencil and brush captured what her public role never could — unguarded feeling, private joy, and personal loss. For anyone captivated by the Victorian era or the hidden interior lives of great historical figures, this book raises an irresistible question: what else might we have missed about the woman behind the crown?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210234634459,"sku":"2026200013172-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0caf6af0-be96-459b-86b5-2dc84a585838.png?v=1788267746","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013172-secondhand-queen-victorias-sketchbook","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}