Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
View from the Château de Saint-Cloud dated Aug 1855
Pencil, watercolour | 14.2 x 16.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 980056.g
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A watercolour showing a view from a balcony at the Château de Saint-Cloud. After RCIN 980029.cw. Gates are shown between tall buildings. A group of Guardsmen are shown in the foreground to the left, with a further lone guard shown to the right. Trees are shown behind the gates, with a crowd of people below. Inscribed lower right: Aug: 1855. Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their eldest two children stayed in the Château de Saint-Cloud as guests of Napoleon III from 18-27 August 1855. Queen Victoria describes in her journal entry of 19 August 1855 how she "sketched & rested, though but little, as there is always so much going on."
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Medium and techniques
Pencil, watercolour
Measurements
14.2 x 16.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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