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View from the Hotel at Bangor & Menai Straits from the railroad dated 14 Oct 1852

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Date

14 Oct 1852

Artist

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/981313-ay

Description

A watercolour showing a view from a hotel in Bangor, Wales. Trees are shown across the edge of a lawn, with further trees shown behind. A tower is shown poking up through the tree-tops to the left and hills are shown in the background. The sea is shown to the left. Inscribed lower right: View from the Hotel at Bangor Oct:14 - 1852 - VR. Verso: a watercolour showing a view of the Menai Straits from the railroad. The sea is shown in the foreground, with the Welsh coast and the Menai Straits shown behind. Inscribed lower right: Menai Straits from the railroad Oct: 14 - 1852 Queen Victoria travelled by train to North Wales on 13 October 1852, staying overnight at a hotel in Bangor before travelling back to Windsor Castle the next day.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink, touches of bodycolour', 'pencil, pen and ink, watercolour, bodycolour (touches of)'

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

© Royal Collection Trust

Location

Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales

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Seascapes
Trees
Hills

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Landscapes & Seascapes

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