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Festung from the Rosenau dated 26 & 29 Sept 1860

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26 & 29 Sept 1860

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A watercolour showing a wooded landscape with the Veste Coburg shown in the distance. The Coburg fortress is shown in silhouette on a hill in the background with trees shown in the foreground. Inscribed lower left: Festung from the Rosenau Sept: 26 & 29. 1860. From 22 September to 17 October 1860, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert travelled to Germany with their second daughter Princess Alice to visit their married daughter Victoria, Princess Royal. They stayed in the Palace at Coburg from 25 September to 10 October 1860. Queen Victoria visited the Rosenau on both the 26 and 29 September 1860. On 29 September 1860, Queen Victoria visited the Rosenau with the Princess Royal. They lunched at the Marmor Saal and then mother and daughter sat outside sketching.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink', 'pencil, watercolour, pen and ink'