Artwork description:

There are sixteen stone cairns on the Balmoral estate in Deeside, Scotland, including a single cairn on the adjoining Birkhall estate. The cairns commemorate members of the British royal family and events in their lives. The majority of the cairns were erected by Queen Victoria._x000D_ The cairns commemorate the marriages of Victoria's children, of the Princess Royal (to Frederick, Crown Prince of Prussia in 1858) located on Canup, Prince Albert Edward located on the Coyles of Muick, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold all located on Craig Gowan and Princess Beatrice located at the bottom of Creag an Lurachain. Victoria's son Prince Alfred's cairn is located on Ripe Hill. _x000D_ The Duchess of Kent's Cairn, Queen Victoria's mother, is located near Sgor an h-lolaire._x000D_ The largest cairn was erected by Victoria in memory of her husband Prince Albert after his death in 1861. _x000D_ _x000D_ The Ballochbuie Cairn marks the purchase by Victoria of the Ballochbuie forest in 1878. A cairn to commemorate John Brown was erected by Victoria after Brown's death, it was later removed at the behest of Edward VII who disliked Brown and later replaced with his statue.

Materials used:

Giclée print using pigment inks on Baryta FB paper.

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