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The Gottlob - near Friedrichroda dated 28 Sept 1862

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28 Sept 1862

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A watercolour showing a view of a mountain. The mountain is shown in the background with a forest in the foreground. Inscribed lower left: Gottlob Sept 28 1862. Inscribed below pasted down sheet: The Gottlob - near Friedrichroda, Sept: 28. 1862. Queen Victoria travelled to Brussels on 1 September 1862, to arrange the betrothal of her eldest son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. On the 4 September the Queen travelled to Reinhardsbrunn, where she stayed until 3 October 1862 in the house of her brother-in-law, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Queen Victoria made many visits to local beauty spots during her stay in Germany.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour, with ink inscription', 'pencil, watercolour, ink', 'watercolour painting'