The Queen in her Store-room Product:Canvas View showing a man seated

View showing a man seated at a table with a drink and a pipe

14th October 1980

October 20

seated and in civic costume showing robe and hat

Motor race

The Queen in her Store-room Product:Canvas View showing a man seated'The Queen in her Store room', 1859. At this time there was an ongoing struggle between France and Austria over Italian independence as the Italian states tried to rid themselves of despotic rulers. Britain was generally supportive of the Italian struggle but very suspicious of French involvement and intentions. Napoleon fought an only partly conclusive war with Austria to help achieve Italian independence of Austrian rule of some of its regions.