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 Conaich Crag
5 - 5 Oct 1854Pencil, watercolour, touches of bodycolour | 16.3 x 15.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980561
A watercolour showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing forward with its antlers pointing upwards and is resting on a table. Inscribed below: Stag shot by Albert on Conaich Crag (Corrie na Paitch) Oct: 4 - 1854. VR del: Oct: 5. Horns measured 33 inches in length 14 in width at the top & 24 at the middle. Weighd [sic] 16st 2lbs (Head [illegible word])
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.
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)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
16.3 x 15.1 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
