Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-07

A Picture Of Queen vicssria and the Royal
Family

Rev. ID. Baylies, who is writing series of
letters from England to the lions Herald,
draws the following picture of Queen Y6ctoria
and the royal family, which differs Materially
from the rose-colored portraits that are gen
orally presented Of her Majesty. The picture
was taken at the Ascot Races. 1t is we'll the
artist delayed drawing it until after he was of
of British soil He says:
Having been disappointed by slow train
In reaching the place in season to see the Queen
and her husband and children enter de-
termined to get as near her Majesty as pos
sible, and succeeded in getting into small en-
closure just in front Of her stand, which enclo-
sure, / have reason to think from a notice, was
designed only for the members Of the Jockey
Club Itwas avery good place, however, and
for an hour or two had the most favorable
opportunity of looking at and quizzing the
Queen, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, Prin-
oesses Alice and Helen and Louise, together
with her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cam
bridge, the Count of Flanders, Prince Louis of
Hess; in all, eleven carriage loads Of royalty
and nobility.
Prince Alber. is good, wide awake, SEN
sible looking man, familiar and easy, and fit
for a husband to a queen, which he is, and
only is. Prince OF Wales is about Is, of light
complexion and rather spare; looks like fair,
sensible senior in college, and will graduate at
Oxford sometime in June The Prilcesses re-
semble very strongly the Prince Of Wales,
and are not especially noticeable for beauty;
indeed, l should not have looked at them a
single minute were they not daughters of the
throne. As to the other personages, I saw
notk1ng that would attract attention. There
werSS thousand on the field better looking,
and to all appearances equally sensible. I
suppose 1t does not require much sense to pa
trOnizs horse racing, does it? Well, what of
the Queen? / am not in England, and so 1
may speak. Understand, was within from
twenty to sixty feet of her more than an hour,
looking with my own natural eyes, and with
tho same eyes assisted by powerful race
glasses, which L borrowed. Let me say then
as | think.
Before express my thinkings, however, let
me remind you that very recently the Queen
refused to sit for a likeness to an American ar
tist, because she said her tune is fully en-
ployed. That is not the reason, as you will
guess. Queen Victoria is doubtless the mother
of several children, and is said to be an excel
lent wife, mother and woman, which is like
wise doubtless; but she is not handsome, as
some of her portraits represents her; she is not
good looking even, according to my taste
That kissable little mouth you have seen in
her portraits was borrowed, for it is not in her
face Her mouth is rather drawn at the cor
neTs, and arched in the middle. Her COM
plexiOn is that have named for her children,
but her skin looks blotched and unhealthy.
especially watched her manners in her CONVEX
satiOn and her movements among the family
and visiting Royalty, and must say she was
entirely wanting in what is termed grace, and
was certainly very far from appearing queenly
according to the conventional meaning of that
word When she bowed in response to the
hearty cheers of her loyal subjects, there was
a look of the disdainful attached to stiff and
cherries motion of the head / was for a mo-
msnt within ten feet of her, and noticed the
same expression.
Speaking with an Englishmsn in Paris about
her, the other day, he remarked SO, she does
very well for Queen to fill the throne; she
makes a good mother and wife, and that is
about all >" More than once heard this SEN
timent expressed. The portraits you see are
portraits Of the conventional Queen, and not
the real. ..-