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August Becker (1822-87)
A View on the Dee Signed and dated 1864
Oil on canvas, mounted on millboard | 33.1 x 46.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 400880
August Becker (1822-87)
A View on the Dee Signed and dated 1864
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This is a view from the Boat Pool (a section of water on the River Dee) above Balmoral, looking up the river. The picture is said to have been the property of Princess Beatrice, the youngest of Queen Victoria’s nine children, whose name is inscribed on the back.
In March 1877 the Queen had been shown ‘some charming paintings done at Balmoral & Osborne by August Becker most of which I mean to buy’, according to the entry in her Journal.
Inscribed by the artist: Balmoral. 1864.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria; recorded at Windsor Castle in 1878
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas, mounted on millboard
Measurements
33.1 x 46.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
42.9 x 56.1 x 4.7 cm (frame, external)
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A View on the Dee from the boat pool
Balmoral, previously entitled
