Queen Victoria at Loch Laggan
Queen Victoria at Loch Laggan is a 1847 oil painting by English artist Edwin Landseer. It shows Queen Victoria and her eldest children, Victoria, Princess Royal, and Edward, Prince of Wales, meeting a gillie beside a horse carrying a stag shot during the hunt. The scene takes place by Loch Laggan, and the Queen seems to be sketching the landscape.
The painting commemorates Victoria and Albert’s first visit to the Scottish Highlands, when they stayed at Ardverikie House, lent to them by the Marquess of Abercorn, in late summer 1847. It has two purposes: it is a portrait of the royal family and also a genre scene of everyday life. The gillie appears not to recognise the plainly dressed Queen at first.
Landseer was one of the Queen’s favourite painters. She commissioned the work as a keepsake of the trip. It was finished in time to be given as a Christmas gift for Albert and was hung at Windsor Castle. It remains in the Royal Collection today. Dimensions: 86 cm by 127 cm.
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