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 weighing 18st 9lbs. Shot by Albert in the Ditch
6 - 6 Oct 1857Pencil, watercolour | 11.1 x 15.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980575
A pen and ink drawing showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown from behind and is resting on a small table. Inscribed below: Stag weighing 18st 9lbs. Shot by Albert in the Ditch. Oct: 5. 1857 (VR there.)
Inscribed lower left: VR del Oct: 6/57
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 5 October 1857 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on the Balmoral Estate, drawing his prizes the next day.
Inscribed lower left: VR del Oct: 6/57
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 5 October 1857 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on the Balmoral Estate, drawing his prizes the next day.
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)
11.1 x 15.5 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
