Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AFTER QUEEN VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)
Stag shot by Prince on Canop Hill Sept: 7 - 1852
7 Sep 1852Pencil and pen and ink on tracing paper | 19.4 x 14.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 981720
A pen and ink drawing on tracing paper showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing right. Inscribed below: Stag shot by Prince on Canop Hill Sept: 7 - 1852.
Inscribed lower left: Tracing from a Sketch by VR.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 7 September 1852 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on Canop Hill. Queen Victoria would often sketch her husband's prizes once they had been brought back to Balmoral.
Inscribed lower left: Tracing from a Sketch by VR.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 7 September 1852 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on Canop Hill. 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)
View person pageAfter Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)
19.4 x 14.7 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
