The Funeral of Queen Victoria Size:M: 60 x 40cm Cowley Hall

Cowley Hall

firefighters train hoses on the blaze as a crowd of spectators watches in the foreground

scratching his head

spoke up in favour of a private member's bill proposing the extension of the borough franchise to £6

seen from across the Serpentine

The Funeral of Queen Victoria Size:M: 60 x 40cm Cowley Hall'The Funeral of Queen Victoria', Portsmouth, 1 February 1901. The paddle steamer carrying the Queen's body passing HMS 'Victory' as it arrives at Portsmouth from the Isle of Wight. Victoria (1819 1901) succeeded her uncle, William IV, to the throne in 1837. Her reign, the longest of any British monarch to date, saw the peak of the Industrial Revolution and the growth of the British Empire into the world's pre eminent power From 'The Illustrated London