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)
Stag shot by Albert
25 Sep 1859Pencil, watercolour | 17.4 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 981721
A watercolour showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing right and is resting on a table. Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert. Sept: 24 - 1859 in the Blair Park Abergeldie Woods weighed 19st - 10lbs VR del. Sept: 25. 1859.
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.
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.
Creator(s)
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? Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
17.4 x 16.5 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
