Wellcome Collection
Engraving of Queen Victoria reading Bible to sick fisherman
Gourlay Steele
Engraving by W.H. Simmons after G. Steell, ca. 1865. One of the artist's best-known works: "A cottage bedside at Osborne" (1865; exh. Royal Scottish Academy, 1880), depicting Queen Victoria reading the Bible to a sick fisherman, which became very popular through the engraving by William Henry Simmons."--Oxford dictionary of national biography, 2004, s.v. Steell, Gourlay Alternative title: "A dying fisherman lying in bed is being consoled by Queen Victoria, seated by his side"
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