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[Ardverikie] & Loch Laggan from a road near the house dated Sept 1847

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Date

Sept 1847

Artist

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/980026-z

Description

A watercolour showing a view of Ardverikie House and Loch Laggan. The house is shown in the foreground with the loch shown behind. Highland hills are shown in the background on the distant shore. Inscribed below mounted sheet: Ardverickie [sic] & Loch Laggan from a road near the house. Inscribed lower right: VR del : Sept: 1847. - A double pen and ink line border is shown around the edge of the mounted sheet. Queen Victoria visited Scotland with her family during August and September 1847, touring the Western Isles and then staying at Ardverikie Shooting-Lodge. The Queen left Osborne house with Prince Albert 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, where they stayed until 17 September 1847. Ardverikie, then owned by Lord Abercorn, is situated on the banks of Loch Laggan. In her journal entry of 21 August 1847, Queen Victoria describes Loch Laggan as "a fine lake... surrounded by beautiful mountains".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink', 'pencil, watercolour, pen and ink'

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© Royal Collection Trust

Location

Loch Laggan, Ardverikie, The Highlands, Scotland

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Landscapes & Seascapes

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