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Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
[Roselle] Point dated 8 Aug 1854
Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink | 11.7 x 15.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980029.bk
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Item: [Roselle] Point](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/4/3/345695-1355305713.jpg?itok=DO4UlXQW "Master: SKETCHES FROM NATURE V. R. 1851 TO 1855
Item: [Roselle] Point")
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A watercolour showing Roselle Point on the Island of Alderney, Guernsey. A rocky outcrop is shown stretching from the right, with the sea shown in the foreground. Inscribed lower left: Rosel [sic] Point Alderney. Aug: 8. 1854.
On 8 August 1854 Queen Victoria and her family sailed to Alderney Island from Osborne on the Royal Yacht, Victoria & Albert. They anchored overnight in Bray Bay. In her journal entry of 8 August 1854, Queen Victoria describes the Island as "very rocky & barren, but very picturesque". -
Medium and techniques
Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink
Measurements
11.7 x 15.7 cm (sheet of paper)
