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EGRON SELLIF LUNDGREN (1815-75)

Alt-na-giubhsaich

1860

Watercolour painting | 8.4 x 22.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 916906

A watercolour depicting a view of a fir tree wood. There are hills in the background extending into the distance. Dated on mount '1860'.

  • Creator(s)

    Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815-75) (artist)

  • annotation: Lundgren [break] Alt-na-giubhsaich [break] 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.4 x 22.5 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • drawings/watercolours
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