Queen Victoria's journals

Queen Victoria, attending to her correspondence. She is attended by her Indian secretary, Abdul Karim, and her favourite collie, Noble.
Victoria's signature

Queen Victoria maintained diaries and journals throughout her life, filling 122 volumes which were expurgated after her death by her daughter Princess Beatrice. Extracts were published during her life and sold well. The collection is stored in the Royal Archives and, in 2012, was put online in partnership with the Bodleian Libraries.