As with his earlier works, Hayter took a great deal of time painting individual portraits of the various participants. Amongst those depicted besides Victoria and Albert are the former Prime Minister the Duke of Wellington, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Duchess of Cambridge and the dowagerQueen Adelaide. The work features fifty six individual portraits, most of whom sat for Hayter between 1840 and 1842 with the notable exception of Adelaide who he drew from a miniature depicting her. He also featured a self-portrait of himself in the bottom right corner. Today the work is part of the Royal Collection and is displayed at Buckingham Palace.[2]
Hayter followed this with another painting The Christening of the Prince of Wales depicting the ceremony featuring the future Edward VII, completed in 1845.[3] He began the work while he was still completing the wedding painting.[4]