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 on Freithort
6 - 6 Oct 1859Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink | 17.1 x 17.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980582
A watercolour with pen and ink showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing forward, with its antlers pointing upwards.
Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert on Freithort Oct: 5. 1859 -
Inscribed lower left: VR del Oct: 6. 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.
Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert on Freithort Oct: 5. 1859 -
Inscribed lower left: VR del Oct: 6. 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.
Creator(s)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
17.1 x 17.0 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
