A pencil drawing showing the head of a dead stag. The stag is shown facing forward and is resting on a small table. Inscribed below: Stag shot by the Prince from the path in the Balloch Buie Oct: 6 1857. V.R. there.

Deer stalking was a favourite pastime of Prince Albert, especially while staying at Balmoral. On 6 October 1857 Queen Victoria accompanied her husband on a stalking expedition in the Balloch Buie Forest.

This drawing is one of a series of drawings from an album (RCIN 2116979) of photographs and drawings of stags shot by Prince Albert.