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

[Roselle] Point. Alderney dated 8 Aug 1854

Pencil, watercolour | 17.7 x 24.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980055.cs

Master: Queen Victoria's Sketchbook 1848-1854
Item: [Roselle] Point. Alderney

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

Master: Queen Victoria's Sketchbook 1848-1854 Item: [Roselle] Point. Alderney dated 8 Aug 1854

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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 below pasted down sheet: Rosel [sic] Point. Alderney. Inscribed lower right: VR del Aug: 8. 1854. on board the V. & Albert. 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".
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Pencil, watercolour

pencil, watercolour

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17.7 x 24.9 cm (sheet of paper)
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Roselle Point [Alderney]

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