Queen Victoria in Windsor Forest

1868
Not on view
The young queen is shown on horseback, dressed in a riding habit, accompanied by a groom and hunting dogs. She looks down at a dead deer presented by a kneeling ghillie who holds a knife near two deerhounds. The engraving is based on an oil sketch by Landseer (Tate Britain).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Queen Victoria in Windsor Forest
  • Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Engraver: Thomas Witlam Atkinson (British, Cawthorne, West Riding, Yorkshire 1799–1861 Kent)
  • Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
  • Sitter: Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
  • Date: 1868
  • Medium: Mixed method engraving; proof before letters
  • Dimensions: Plate: 27 5/16 × 33 7/16 in. (69.3 × 85 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.40.245
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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