Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
QUEEN VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)
Head of Stag shot by Albert in the Dee Oct: 4 1851
5 - 5 Oct 1851Pencil, pen and ink, touches of bodycolour | 14.0 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980549
A pen and ink drawing with touches of bodycolour showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing left in profile. Inscribed below: Head of Stag shot by Albert in the Dee Oct: 4 1851 - VR del fm nature Oct: 5. 1851.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 4 October 1851 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition near the River Dee, drawing his prizes the next day.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 4 October 1851 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition near the River Dee, drawing his prizes the next day.
This drawing is one of a series of drawings from an album (RCIN 2116979) of photographs and drawings of stags shot by Prince Albert.
Creator(s)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
14.0 x 18.8 cm (sheet of paper)
- From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- drawings/watercolours
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
