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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).
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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
Accession Number: 49.40.245
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