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View from our sitting-room at Osborne dated 28 July 1849

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28 July 1849

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A watercolour showing a view from Queen Victoria's sitting room at Osborne House. The balustrade is shown in the foreground, with a partial view of the house to the left. The gardens are shown below. Inscribed below pasted down sheet: View from our sitting-room at Osborne.
Inscribed lower right: VR del July 28 1849.
The Osborne Estate, on the Isle of Wight, was purchased by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1845. Work was started straight away on rebuilding Osborne House in the Italianate style, to designs by Prince Albert, and the royal family stayed there for lengthy periods each year.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour, ink inscription', 'pencil, watercolour, ink'