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 Canop Hill Oct: 7 1850
2 Oct 1851Pencil, pen and ink | 13.6 x 12.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980546
A pen and ink showing the head of a stuffed stag. The stag is shown facing right. Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert on Canop Hill Oct: 7 1850. VR del fm the Stuffed Head Oct: 2 - 1851.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 7 October 1850 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on Canop Hill, drawing his stuffed prize a year later.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 7 October 1850 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on Canop Hill, drawing his stuffed prize a year later.
This drawing is one of a series of drawings from an album (RCIN 2116979) of photographs and drawings of stags shot by Prince Albert.
Creator(s)
View person pageQueen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
13.6 x 12.8 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
