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 Craig Doign
10 Oct 1858Pencil, watercolour | 15.9 x 19.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980581
A watercolour showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing left and is resting on a table. Inscribed lower right: Stag shot by Albert on Craig Doign [sic] Oct: 9 - 1858. weighed 17st 2lbs VR del Oct: 10. 1858.
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)
15.9 x 19.6 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
