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 the Prince
7 - 7 Oct 1858Pencil, watercolour | 15.4 x 17.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980579
A watercolour showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing forward and resting on a small table.
Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert Oct: 6 - 1858 - 1st in the Ditch & then at Nellie's Bush. -
Inscribed lower left: weighed 18st 4lbs
Inscribed lower right: VR del Oct: 7 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.
Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert Oct: 6 - 1858 - 1st in the Ditch & then at Nellie's Bush. -
Inscribed lower left: weighed 18st 4lbs
Inscribed lower right: VR del Oct: 7 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.
Creator(s)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
15.4 x 17.3 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
