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)
Stuffed Stag shot by Albert on Craig Daign
16 - 16 Sep 1851Pencil, pen and ink | 13.4 x 12.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980548
A pen and ink drawing showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing right and is mounted on a board. Inscribed below: Stuffed Stag shot by Albert on Craig Daign [sic] Sept: 16. 1851. VR del Sept 16. 1851
Inscribed lower left: Sitting room old House.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 16 September 1851 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on Craig Doin.
Inscribed lower left: Sitting room old House.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 16 September 1851 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition on Craig Doin.
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)
13.4 x 12.9 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
