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[From the] Glassalt looking up towards the Dhu Loch dated 17 Oct 1878

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Date

17 Oct 1878

Artist

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/980043-cw

Description

A watercolour showing a view of a Highland landscape looking towards the Dubh Loch. The Allt-an-Dubh-Loch is shown flowing through a glen to the left of the foreground. A hill is shown to the right and further hills are shown in the background. Inscribed lower left: Oct: 17. 1878 Glassalt looking up towards the Dhu [sic] Loch. Queen Victoria stayed at the Glas-Allt-Shiel from 14 to 18 October 1878 with her daughter Princess Beatrice. In her journal entry of 17 October 1878, the Queen describes how she "Sketched a view looking up towards the Dhu Loch, while Beatrice walked up the whole way to the Loch & back".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour', 'pencil, watercolour'

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All Rights Reserved

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© Royal Collection Trust

Location

Glas-allt-Shiel, Balmoral Estate, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Hills
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Landscapes & Seascapes

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