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Balmoral: billiard-room and library in the old Castle dated 1855
30.0 x 45.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 919472

James Giles (1801-70)
Balmoral: billiard-room and library in the old Castle dated 1855
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A watercolour view of the billiard room and library in the old Balmoral Castle. The billiard table centre; books line the walls to left and right, large mirror on far wall. Signed and dated.
Four watercolours by the Aberdeen Artist James Giles were commissioned by Queen Victoria to record the four principal rooms in the old Balmoral Castle, prior to its demolition in 1856. However, the watercolours were considered too large and the photographer George Washington Wilson (1823-93) was commissioned to produce smaller photographic copies of them that Giles subsequently hand coloured (see RCINs 2140210, 2140212, 2140214 and 2140217).
Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Measurements
30.0 x 45.0 cm (whole object)
Other number(s)
RL 19472