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Southall - Kyles of Bute dated 18 Aug 1847

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18 Aug 1847

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A watercolour showing a view from the Kyles of Bute. The narrow sea channel is shown curving around a forest-covered outcrop to the right. A small sailing boat is shown to the left and Highland hills are shown in the background. Inscribed below mounted sheet: Southall - Kyles of Bute Inscribed lower right: VR del on board the F. - Aug: 18 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 1847. On 18 August 1847, Queen Victoria and her young family went on a day trip on board The Fairy, a Royal steam-boat. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria records how she travelled up the Kyles of Bute, describing them as "very fine".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour, pen and ink', 'pencil, watercolour, pen and ink'