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 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)
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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
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
