Unused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen Victoria

Unused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen Victoria

William Wyon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The "Penny Blue" is the first stamp issued by Britain. The portait of Queen Victoria is after an engraving by William Wyon (1795–1851) of the Royal Mint commemorating Queen Victoria's visit to the Corporation of London on November 9, 1837.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Unused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen VictoriaUnused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen VictoriaUnused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen VictoriaUnused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen VictoriaUnused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen Victoria

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.