# The First Council of Queen Victoria [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WILKIE, Sir David]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary Wilkie's inaccuracy as a portrait painter incurred the wrath of the young Queen Victoria and led to his dismissal on account of the failure of his State Portrait and The First Council of Queen Victoria. which she described with characteristic forthrightness as 'one of the worst pictures I have ever seen, both as to painting and likenesses'. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 6 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/20\_cent/elgar\_pomp\_no1.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Sir Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March op. 39 No. 1</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch \(detail\)]() - [Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch]() - [Josephine and the Fortune-Teller]() - [Queen Victoria \(detail\)]() - [Reading the Will]() - [Sotiri, Dragoman of Mr Colquhoun]() - [The Defence of Saragossa]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()