In 1887, the year of her Golden Jubilee, Queen Victoria (1819–1901) chose to be painted in the Green Drawing Room to commemorate the family festivities which took place at Windsor. Work on the State Apartments had continued into her reign and the room bears trace of her own taste and furnishings – including a bronze bust of Prince Albert (1819–1861) on the mantelpiece. The finished painting was considered a great success and Queen Victoria noted that she found the picture 'beautiful, the Drawing room admirably painted & the likenesses very good…the grouping & colouring, all, charming’.