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Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)

Shadow: Osborne in 1865 or The Queen on a pony at Osborne dated 1865

118.0 x 143.6 cm (frame, external) | RCIN 450383

Shadow: Osborne in 1865 or The Queen on a pony at Osborne

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)

Shadow: Osborne in 1865 or The Queen on a pony at Osborne dated 1865

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Description

DM 3195: the Queen seated on her pony, Flora, held by John Brown. She wears mourning, and is reading a letter. Princess Louise's dog Prince is in the foreground, on the left. Distant view of Osborne House. Dated on frame.

Provenance

Purchased by Queen Victoria in 1865; recorded hanging in the School Room (Room no 219) at Windsor Castle in 1874
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection John Brown (1826-83)

Search the collection Princess Helena (1846-1923)

Search the collection Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)

Search the collection View the person page Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

buff paper, charcoal, white chalk, pastel

Measurements

118.0 x 143.6 cm (frame, external)

85.2 x 110.7 cm (sight)
Groupings
Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Great Britain
England
Isle of Wight [England]
Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
Osborne House
References

Other number(s)

RL 22019

DM : Millar, D., 1995. The Victorian Watercolours in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 2 vols, London – DM 3195

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