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From Loch Laggan dated 7-8 Sept 1847

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7-8 Sept 1847

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A watercolour showing a view of a Highland landscape from Loch Laggan. The Loch is shown in the foreground with sloping hills shown on either side. Snow-topped Highland hills are shown in the background. Inscribed lower right: VR sketched from nature Sept: 7 - & coloured from recollection Sept: 8. 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'