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The Dutchman's Cap dated 19 Aug 1847
Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink | 12.0 x 17.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980026.q

Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Item: The Dutchman's Cap dated 19 Aug 1847
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A watercolour showing a view of Bac Mòr, or "The Dutchman's Cap" in the Treshnish Isles, Scotland. The skerry is shown on the horizon with the sea shown stretching out below. Inscribed below mounted sheet: The Dutchman's Cap - (one of the Treshnish Isles) VR del aboard the V.&A. Aug: 19. 1847 - 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 past the Treshnish Isles. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes Bac Mòr as having "a most strange shape".
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Medium and techniques
Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink
Measurements
12.0 x 17.3 cm (sheet of paper)