Abstract
Queen Victoria’s love of dogs was well known in her lifetime. Her public displays of fondness in paintings and photographs presented pet ownership as respectable and admirable to all social classes. Her favourites were more than family pets – they were family members. The mutual bond of affection and devotion was an exemplar of family values. She enjoyed the company of pets throughout her life, and they were solace in the long years of mourning after Prince Albert's death. The Queen supported measures against animal cruelty, publicly as patron of the RSPCA, then privately lobbying to control vivisection. His diaries record that she owned 640 dogs belonging to thirty-two breeds.
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