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Prince Albert at Balmoral

1874
Not on view
A scene showing the prince with deer killed in the hunt. Based on a drawing belonging to Queen Victoria, made in the 1860s.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Prince Albert at Balmoral
  • Artist: After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
  • Engraver: William Henry Simmons (British, London 1811–1882 London)
  • Publisher: Henry Graves & Co. (British, active 1827–1926)
  • Sitter: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German, Coburg 1819–1861 Windsor)
  • Sitter: Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
  • Sitter: John Brown (British, Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1826–1883 Windsor)
  • Sitter: John Grant (British, born Scotland, Auchindryne, Braemar 1810–1879 Balmoral)
  • Date: 1874
  • Medium: Mixed method engraving on chine collé
  • Dimensions: Plate: 26 1/4 × 37 13/16 in. (66.6 × 96 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.40.211
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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