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From the Sluggan dated 5 June 1865

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5 June 1865

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A watercolour showing a view of a Highland landscape from the Meall an t-Slugain. Continued on RCIN 980037.ap verso. A hill is shown in the foreground, sloping down from the left, with further hills shown behind. Mountains are shown in the background. Inscribed below mounted sheet: From the Sluggan [sic] June 5. 1865. While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. On 5 June 1865 the Queen rode up the Meall an t-Slugain with her daughter Princess Helena. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how they "Took our tea a little way down, in a sheltered spot & then sketched".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour', 'pencil, watercolour'

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Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Scotland

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Meall an t-Slugain is a mountain in W Aberdeenshire 3¾ miles (6 km) southeast of Braemar, the summit at Meall an t-Slugain rises to 849m (2785 feet). The parent summit is Carn an t-Sagairt Mor.

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