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 from the path in the Balloch Buie Oct: 6 1857
6 - 6 Oct 1857Pencil | 15.6 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980576
A pencil drawing showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing forward and is resting on a small table. Inscribed below: Stag shot by the Prince from the path in the Balloch Buie Oct: 6 1857. V.R. there.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 6 October 1857 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition in the Balloch Buie Forest.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 6 October 1857 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition in the Balloch Buie Forest.
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)
15.6 x 19.3 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
