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Looking up the Valley of the Dee from above Mar Lodge dated June 1865

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Date

June 1865

Artist

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/980037-as

Description

A watercolour showing a view of the Dee Valley. Tree tops are shown in the foreground to both the left and right with a view of the valley below shown between. Highland hills are shown in the background against a setting sky. Inscribed below mounted sheet: Looking up the Valley of the Dee from above Mar Lodge Jun 1865. While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. On 7 June 1865 the Queen rode through Glen Quoich. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how she "Came down to Mar Lodge & there sketched the beautiful view looking up the valley of the Dee".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour', 'pencil, watercolour'

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

© Royal Collection Trust

Location

Mar Lodge Estate, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Trees
Hills

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

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