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 in the ditch & at Nellie's Bush
7 - 7 Oct 1858Pencil, watercolour | 15.3 x 15.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980580
A watercolour showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing left in profile and is resting on a table.
Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert in the ditch & at Nellie's Bush - Oct: 6 - 1858 VR del - Oct: 7 - 1858 -
Inscribed lower left: weighed 18st 4lbs -
Inscribed below mounted sheet: The same Stag [as in RCIN 980579]
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 in the ditch & at Nellie's Bush - Oct: 6 - 1858 VR del - Oct: 7 - 1858 -
Inscribed lower left: weighed 18st 4lbs -
Inscribed below mounted sheet: The same Stag [as in RCIN 980579]
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)
15.3 x 15.6 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
