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[Beinn a' Bhuird from] the Peat Road dated 1 Oct 1852

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1 Oct 1852

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A watercolour showing a view of Beinn a' Bhuird. Beinn a' Bhuird is shown in the background, topped with snow. Highland hills are shown in the foreground. Inscribed lower right: Ben na Bhourd [sic] f[ro]m the Peat Road Oct: 1 -
While staying at Balmoral Queen Victoria made many expeditions to local beauty spots. On 1 October 1852 the Queen accompanied her husband Prince Albert on a deer stalking trip. In her journal entry of that day, Queen Victoria describes how they drove up the Peat Road where the "hills never looked more beautiful, so bright & clear, — Loch Nagar covered with snow, but Ben na Bhourd, still more thickly, which against the deep blue sky, & the dark fury round, had a glorious effect".
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour', 'pencil, watercolour'