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Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands

Queen Victoria recorded her visits to Scotland with Prince Albert

Photograph of a coastline with a young boy standing in right side profile as he leans against a low stone wall, looking out to sea. The boy wears three-quarter length trousers and is barefoot. In the background stands Dunstaffnage Castle on
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In 1864, Queen Victoria decided to produce a book featuring diary extracts from her visits to Scotland with Prince Albert alongside albumen photographs taken by George Washington Wilson. In 1865 and 1867, these private versions of Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands were distributed to the Queen’s family and friends.

Independently of the beautiful scenery, there was a quiet, a retirement, a wildness, a liberty, and a solitude that had such a charm for us

Queen Victoria's Journal, 3 October 1844

 

xvii, [3], 198 p., 10 leaves of plates ( 2 col.)
For the public

A public version of 'Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands' was printed in 1868

Photograph of the ruins of Iona Abbey situated on the Ross of Mull, a large peninsula on the Isle of Mull. In the foreground are large boulders. The central tower of the Abbey stands above the ruins of the nave and another ruined, smaller dwelling st
Photographs

George Washington Wilson produced a portfolio of 42 accompanying photographs

A Hindi translation of Queen Victoria's published book, Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands from 1848 to 1861, her personal account of the royal family's trips to Balmoral in Scotland. This translation was made by the Maharajah of Benares
Legacy

The 1868 publication proved so popular it was translated into numerous languages

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