Queen Victoria
Year: 2002
Medium: Oil on canvas in original artist’s frame
Dimensions: 91.5×91.5 cm (36×36 inches)
Edition: Unique
Stencil signature, lower right
Exhibition History
Santa’s Ghetto, Dragon Bar, London, December 2002
Auction History
Auction House: Sotheby’s London
Date: 17 October 2008
Price realized: GBP 277,250
“Show your friends and colleagues your admiration for Britain’s greatest ever living monarch with this deluxe lesbian watersports fetish tableaux.”
Queen Victoria depicts the English monarch sitting on the face of another woman, in reference to her notorious anti-gay positions. Both characters are realized in Banksy’s black and white stencil style against a regal red background.
Banksy, Existencilism, May 2002
Queen Victoria is presented in full regalia with her crown and scepter, with the unexpected addition of suspenders, knee-high leather boots and a short skirt that exposes her upper thigh. Her partner is also wearing suspenders and high heels, her arms thrown back in submission. Banksy also released a screen-print with this stencil.
