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Steffa & the Treshnish Isles dated 19 Aug 1847

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19 Aug 1847

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A watercolour showing Staffa Island. A partial view of the island is shown to the right with the Treshnish Isles shown in the background. Inscribed below: Staffa & the Treshnish Isles - Albert del. on board the V. & A. Aug: 19 - 1847 - A double pen and ink line border is shown around the edge of the mounted sheet. Prince Albert visited Scotland with his wife, Queen Victoria and their family during August and September 1847, touring the Western Isles and then staying at Ardverikie Shooting-Lodge. The Prince Consort left Osborne house with Queen Victoria and their two eldest children on 11 August 1847 and sailed up the West coast of England and around Wales to Scotland, arriving at Ardverikie on 21 August 1847. On 19 August 1847 they sailed past the Treshnish Isles and anchored at Staffa. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes Staffa as "most extraordinary".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, wtaercolour, pen and ink', 'pencil, watercolour, pen and ink'