Queen Victoria, 1840

Queen Victoria married Prince Albert on February 10, 1840, at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, in white satin trimmed with Honiton lace, with an orange blossom wreath in her hair. Her choice is widely credited with making white the expected color for brides. This portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter came seven years later: Victoria sat for it in her wedding veil and wreath as a surprise anniversary gift for Albert in 1847.