Who painted Queen Victoria's coronation portrait?

Sir George Hayter painted Queen Victoria's coronation portrait. The oil painting was made around 1838, after Victoria became queen in 1837 and was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 28 June 1838, aged 18.

Hayter received the royal appointment of Painter of History and Portrait in 1837. He also created The Coronation of Queen Victoria, a larger historical painting showing the ceremony itself. The two works are sometimes confused because both commemorate the same event and were produced by Hayter.

In the state portrait, Victoria appears seated in her homage chair wearing her coronation robes, the Imperial State Crown and holding the sceptre with the cross. Hayter originally considered showing Westminster Abbey in the background but later replaced it with a more general royal setting.

The principal version of the portrait is held at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, while copies are in the Royal Collection, including at Buckingham Palace. Hayter later became Principal Painter in Ordinary to the Queen.