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)
Hummel Stag killed by the Prince Sept: 17. 1857
18 Sep 1857Pencil, watercolour | 10.3 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980572
A watercolour showing a dead hummel stag. The stag is shown almost full-length, lying on the ground with its head to the left. Inscribed below: Hummel Stag killed by the Prince Sept: 17. 1857. VR sketched Allt na Guithasach [sic] - Sept: 18 -
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. Queen Victoria would often sketch her husband's prizes once they had been brought back to Balmoral, or in this case the Allt na Guibhsaich lodge on the Balmoral Estate.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. Queen Victoria would often sketch her husband's prizes once they had been brought back to Balmoral, or in this case the Allt na Guibhsaich lodge on the Balmoral Estate.
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)
View person pageQueen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
10.3 x 17.2 cm (sheet of paper)
- From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
