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
25 Sep 1859Pencil, watercolour | 17.4 x 16.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 981721
A watercolour showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing right and is resting on a table. Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert. Sept: 24 - 1859 in the Blair Park Abergeldie Woods weighed 19st - 10lbs VR del. Sept: 25. 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.
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)
View person page? Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
17.4 x 16.5 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
