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Pce. Charles Edward's Moument Glenfinnan dated 15 Sept 1873

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15 Sept 1873

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A pencil drawing with touches of pen and ink showing a view of the Glenfinnan Monument. The monument is shown in the foreground, with Loch Shiel shown behind. Hills are shown in the background. Inscribed below: Pce. Charles Edward's Moument Glenfinnan Sept: 15. 1873 Loch Shiel. Queen Victoria stayed at Inverlochy Castle from 9 to 16 September 1873 as a guest of Lord Abinger. On 15 September 1873 the royal party visited Glenfinnan. They travelled by carriage to Loch Shiel where they saw the monument to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, or "Bonnie Prince Charlie". In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes the monument as "very ugly... looking like a sort of light house, surmounted by his statue & surrounded by a wall".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, pen and ink', 'pencil, watercolour'