Queen Hermione scrubbing from St Bartholomew Lane

from St Bartholomew Lane

Behind her is a section of decorative wall paper

Lady Conyngham is sitting on a sofa behind

View of the Tower of London looking east with ships and boats on the River Thames

Queen Hermione scrubbing from St Bartholomew Lane'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