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

View from my window at Balmoral by moonlight dated Oct 1864

Pencil, watercolour with ink inscription | 8.7 x 12.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980039.bd

Master: SKETCHES FROM NATURE V. R. 1862 TO 1864
Item: View from my window at Balmoral by moonlight

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

Master: SKETCHES FROM NATURE V. R. 1862 TO 1864 Item: View from my window at Balmoral by moonlight dated Oct 1864

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Description

A watercolour showing a moonlit view from Queen Victoria's window at Balmoral Castle. A snow covered mountain is shown in the background to the left, with further mountains shown in front. Inscribed below pasted down sheet: View from my window at Balmoral by moonlight. Oct: - 1864 -
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Pencil, watercolour with ink inscription

pencil, watercolour, ink

watercolour painting

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8.7 x 12.3 cm (sheet of paper)
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Europe
Great Britain
Scotland
Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Astronomy
Solar system
Moon
Moonlight

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