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ELEANOR JULIAN STANLEY (1821-1903)

View from Invercauld House

Oct 1854

Watercolour painting | 17.5 x 25.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 916905

A watercolour of a view from Invercauld House. The house was owned by Col. Farquharson, whose estate adjoined the Balmoral estate. The watercolour is signed, dated and inscribed.

  • Creator(s)

    Eleanor Julian Stanley (1821-1903) (artist)

  • annotation: 1854. [break] View from Invercauld. [break] The Hon. E. Stanley. [beneath work]

  • 17.5 x 25.7 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Invercauld Estate [Aberdeenshire]
                • Invercauld House [Invercauld Estate]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • drawings/watercolours
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