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)
Royal Stag killed by Albert on Craig Daign
20 Sep 1854Pencil, watercolour, touches of bodycolour | 15.0 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980558
A watercolour showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing left with its antlers pointing upwards. Inscribed below: Royal Stag killed by Albert on Craig Daign [sic] Sept: 19 - 1854. VR sketched 20/9 54.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 19 September 1854 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on Craig Doin, drawing his prizes the next day.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 19 September 1854 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on Craig Doin, 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)
View person pageQueen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
15.0 x 17.8 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
