Glassalt Shiel dated 18 Oct 1878

Pencil, watercolour | 8.4 x 17.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980049.g

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

Master: Queen Victoria's Sketch Book 1878-1879 Item: Glassalt Shiel dated 18 Oct 1878

Description

A watercolour showing a view of Loch Muick from the Glas-allt-Shiel. Fir trees are shown across the lower foreground, with the loch shown behind. A hill is shown rising out of its banks to the left and further hills are shown behind. Inscribed lower left: Glassalt Shiel Oct: 18.1878.

Queen Victoria stayed at the Glas-allt-Shiel on the banks of Loch Muick from 14 to 18 October 1878.
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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Pencil, watercolour

pencil, watercolour

Measurements

8.4 x 17.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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Category
Drawings / Watercolours
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Great Britain
Scotland
Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
Loch Muick [Scotland]
Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
Glas-allt-Shiel [Balmoral Estates]
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Botany
Systematic botany
Trees
Firs