2-798-473 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Her Majesty landing at Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1844. Crowds wait to greet Queen Victoria: '...the thunder of the artillery of Cowes Castle, succeeded by the salutes from the Royal Yacht Squadron battery, and the private batteries along both shores of the Medina, announced the approach of the royal yacht "Victoria and Albert"...The weather, which had been extremely boisterous, for days previous, continued unfavourable for the debarkation; the rain came down in torrents; the royal party consequently postponed for a while their landing'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.