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Sound of Jura dated 19 Aug 1847
Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink | 9.1 x 25.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980026.m

Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Item: Sound of Jura dated 19 Aug 1847
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A watercolour showing a view from the Sound of Jura, Scotland. Cliffs are shown in the background with a small boat shown sailing below. Rocks are shown coming out of the sound to both the far left and far right. Inscribed below: Sound of Jura Aug: 19 - 47 VR del A double pen and ink line border is shown around the edge of the mounted sheet. Queen Victoria visited Scotland with her family during August and September 1847, touring the Western Isles and then staying at Ardverikie Shooting-Lodge. The Queen left Osborne house with Prince Albert and their two eldest children on 11 August 1847 and sailed up the West coast of England and around Wales to Scotland, arriving at Ardverikie on 21 August 1847. On 19 August 1847 they sailed up the Sound of Jura.
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Medium and techniques
Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink
Measurements
9.1 x 25.0 cm (sheet of paper)