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Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 dated 1884-9
Leather-bound sketchbook containing watercolours | 10.3 x 20.1 x 1.5 cm (album) | RCIN 980433
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Mar Lodge dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Ebensee dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Waidmannsruh dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Cowes dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Invercauld from the Garravalt dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Portsmouth dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Albensee dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: The Osborne dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Scotland dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Cowes dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: A Swiss cottage dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Fir trees dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Gmunden dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Cabin by a lake dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: A house by a lake dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Garrawalt dated 1884-9
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Master: Queen Alexandra's Sketchbook 1884-89 Item: Corfu dated 1884-9
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A full-bound sketchbook in dark blue leather, with gold tooling and embossed round edges. A pencil holder is attached to the top of the front board and a metal clasp secures the open edge of the binding. A pocket is attached to the back board with a paint palette inside. Contains 19 drawings by Queen Alexandra.
A label is attached to the inside of the front board, inscribed: CHARLES ROBERSON & CO.S COMBINATION Pocket Sketch Book & Palette, Including COLOURS, BRUSH AND PENCIL, in the most convenient and portable form, particularly adapted for tourists. Artist's Colour Manufactory, 99, LONG ACHE, LONDON, W.C.
As a girl, Princess Alexandra had a particular talent for painting and drawing and continued to receive art lessons in England after her marriage in 1863. Among the watercolours in the book are views on the Balmoral Estate in Scotland. -
Medium and techniques
Leather-bound sketchbook containing watercolours
Measurements
10.3 x 20.1 x 1.5 cm (album)
