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Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)

Sunshine: Balmoral in 1860 or Death of the Royal Stag with the Queen riding up to congratulate His Royal Highness dated 1860

110.2 x 143.7 cm (frame, external) | RCIN 450382

Sunshine: Balmoral in 1860 or Death of the Royal Stag with the Queen riding up to congratulate His Royal Highness

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)

Sunshine: Balmoral in 1860 or Death of the Royal Stag with the Queen riding up to congratulate His Royal Highness dated 1860

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Sunshine: Balmoral in 1860 or Death of the Royal Stag with the Queen riding up to congratulate His Royal Highness

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)

Sunshine: Balmoral in 1860 or Death of the Royal Stag with the Queen riding up to congratulate His Royal Highness dated 1860

©

Description

DM 3194: the Prince Consort, full-length, holding a gun on his left shoulder. At his feet John Grant holds the antler of a stag the Prince has just shot. The Queen on a pony, led by John Brown, approaches over a hill in the centre background.

Provenance

First recorded hanging in the School Room (Room no 219) at Windsor Castle in 1874
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

Search the collection John Brown (1826-83)

Search the collection John Grant (1810-79)

Search the collection View the person page Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

coloured chalk, pastel

Measurements

110.2 x 143.7 cm (frame, external)

85.5 x 118.3 cm (sight)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Great Britain
Scotland
Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
References

Other number(s)

RL 22020

DM : Millar, D., 1995. The Victorian Watercolours in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 2 vols, London – DM 3194

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