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Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Stag shot by the Prince from the path in the Balloch Buie Oct: 6 1857 6 - 6 Oct 1857

Pencil | 15.6 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980576

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A pencil drawing showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing forward and is resting on a small table. Inscribed below: Stag shot by the Prince from the path in the Balloch Buie Oct: 6 1857. V.R. there.

Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 6 October 1857 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition in the Balloch Buie Forest.

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)

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    Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)

  • 15.6 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper)

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • drawings/watercolours
    Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Zoology
        • Animals
          • Mammals
            • Deer
              • Red deer
                • Stags (male deer)