Queen Hermione scrubbing Lady Conyngham is sitting on

Lady Conyngham is sitting on a sofa behind

with other buildings beyond

Behind her is a section of decorative wall paper

Presentation of the address to His Royal Highness Prince Albert

Queen Hermione scrubbing Lady Conyngham is sitting on'Queen Hermione', 1865. Britannia as Paulina unveils the statue and remarks Tis Time! Descend; Be Stone No More! On behalf of the nation Britannia draws back the curtain and reveals Queen Victoria as a statue, frozen in time, and commands her to 'be stone no more'. This is a line from Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale, Act V, Scene 3. For some four years, Queen Victoria had maintained a life of absolute retirement from public life following the untimely