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Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
In Glen Derry dated 22 Oct 1866
Pencil, watercolour | 8.7 x 12.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980040.bm
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A watercolour showing a view of Glen Derry. Trees are shown in the foreground with Highland hills shown behind. Further hills are shown in the background. Inscribed below mounted sheet: In Glen Derry, Oct: 22. 1866. While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. On 22 October 1866 the Queen rode up Glen Lui to the Derry Lodge with her daughter Princess Louise. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how they "sat down close to the Lodge & sketched, but were not very successful".
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Pencil, watercolour
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8.7 x 12.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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