Drawings by a teenage Queen Victoria go up for auction
This sketch is from 1838, which was a year after Victoria become Queen. Many think it resembles the Queen herself
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A collection of drawings by Queen Victoria from when she was a teenager are going to be put up for auction in London.
Meaning collectors, enthusiasts and historians will bid against each other to buy them.
It's thought the drawings range from 1833-1838 and the earliest is believed to have been sketched when Queen Victoria was just 14 years old.
She was still only a Princess then!
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What are Queen Victoria's drawings of?
If you look at the writing closely below, you can see Victoria - who was a young princess at the time - has signed and dated the artwork
Three sketches are from 1833, when a teenage Queen Victoria was drawing figures on horseback.
There's a woman, a veiled woman and a knight.
The fourth sketch is from 1838, which was a year after Victoria become Queen.
It shows a woman - who some say looks like the Queen herself - sat down with a crown and sash with the writing saying "by Her Majesty."
What can Queen Victoria's sketches tell us about her?
A knight on horseback can be seen on the left page - one of three sketches believed to have been drawn by Victoria when she was 14
Roseberys Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers are behind the auction.
Charlotte Russell from the company said: "It provides a rare glimpse into the creative mind of a young Queen Victoria."
The drawings are expected to sell for somewhere between £1,500 - £2,500.
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 until her death in 1901.
Queen Victoria is also King Charles III's great-great-great-grandmother.
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