View from St. Cloud dated 24 Aug 1855

Pencil, watercolour | 15.7 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980029.ct

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Master: SKETCHES FROM NATURE V. R. 1851 TO 1855 Item: View from St. Cloud dated 24 Aug 1855

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Another version of RCIN 980056.f. A watercolour showing an avenue lined with trees near the Palace of St. Cloud. Inscribed below; View from St. Cloud. Aug: 24. 1855.

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their eldest two children stayed in the Château de Saint-Cloud as guests of Napoleon III from 18-27 August 1855. In her journal entry of 24 August 1855 Queen Victoria describes how she "Sketched a little in one of the rooms, from which there is a lovely view looking up the long avenue".
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Pencil, watercolour

pencil, watercolour

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15.7 x 11.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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