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Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Albert's sport - Sept: 28 - 1854 dated 29 Sept 1854
17.8 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980030.c
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Item: Albert's sport - Sept: 28 - 1854 dated 29 Sept 1854
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A watercolour showing a row of six dead stags with two overlapping onto the verso of RCIN 980030.b. They are lying, facing right with their backs shown to the front. Each stag has their weight inscribed beneath them, from left to right: (Hind) 8 ston, 11 ston, 12 ston 8lbs, 13st 9lbs, 13ston 3lbs, 12 ston - 6lbs.
Inscribed below: Albert's sport - Sept: 28 - 1854. Killed with 6 shots - out stalking on the Muick[?le] Pass - VR sketched from her window on Sept: 29 54.
Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. Queen Victoria would often sketch her husband's prizes once they had been brought back to Balmoral. Queen Victoria describes in her journal how Prince Albert spent the whole day of 28 September 1854 stalking and "killed with 6 shots, 5 stags & a hind out of one lot, which is quite wonderful & almost unheard of!". She proudly documented his kill in her sketchbook the next day. -
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17.8 x 25.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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