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CALEB ROBERT STANLEY (1795-1868)
The Garden Front of Buckingham Palace
dated 17 Aug 1839Watercolour and bodycolour | 27.8 x 40.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 919891
Victoria and Albert chose this watercolour to begin the first of the series of nine watercolour albums. It was given to the Queen by her mother, the Duchess of Kent, as a gift in 1839. 21 watercolours by Stanley – views of their homes and places they visited – were included in the first album.
