Passionate Patrons

Passionate Patrons offers an introduction for the general reader to Victoria and Albert's partnership as connoisseurs and collectors, tracing their evolving tastes through the entire history of their lives together and providing the perfect starting-point for anyone with an interest in Victorian art.

For both the young Queen and her Prince Consort, the role of art, literature and music in their lives was vital and personal. This book's accessible text and beautiful colour illustrations reveal the remarkable scope of Victoria and Albert's collecting, which encompassed paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, musical compositions, early photography, metalwork and much more. Alongside these, the inclusion of jewellery and pictures that the pair exchanged as romantic gifts - as well as sketches and drawings they made themselves- offers a more intimate view of the central role that art played in their loving marriage. Passionate Patrons will please any reader who loves the Victorian era - and the royal couple who were at its heart.