Discovering the secret life of Queen Victoria since 2018
© Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust RCIN 980054.bf As we prepare to enter December, let’s take a look at a wintery sketch by Queen Victoria, which depicts the gardens at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight during a snowstorm on 10th March 1847. In her journal the Queen writes that… Continue reading Sketchbook Saturday, week 23
© Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust 980054.bm Today we’re taking a look at this detailed pencil and watercolour sketch by Queen Victoria, which shows a scotch fir on the grounds of Claremont in Esher, Surrey. The Queen and her husband arrived at Claremont on 22nd May 1847 and remained until the… Continue reading Sketchbook Saturday, week 16
© Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust RCIN 980030.b This Sketchbook Saturday we’re looking at this stunning watercolour landscape by Queen Victoria, titled ‘View from the new approach, Balmoral’. On 27th September 1854 Queen Victoria described in her journal how it had been a ‘beautiful day, with a very hot sun. — Albert out… Continue reading Sketchbook Saturday, week 13
© Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust RCIN 980024.ee For this week’s Sketchbook Saturday let’s take a look at this intimate sketch by Queen Victoria, which shows her fifth child, Princess Helena, in April 1857. Over the previous few days Queen Victoria had been ‘plagued with a bad throat & hoariness’ (1).… Continue reading Sketchbook Saturday, week 11