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5th February 08, 08:39 PM
#1
Aside from the undoubted good taste displayed by the Her Majesty, the Late Queen Empress, she also owned several homes. This likeness of Mr. Brown was painted while at Her Majesty's estate at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.
Last edited by MacMillan of Rathdown; 7th February 08 at 08:11 PM.
Reason: corrected, quite rightly, by the redoubtable Hamish!
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7th February 08, 06:50 PM
#2
 Originally Posted by MacMillan ofRathdown
................................................ This likeness of Mr. Brown was painted while at Her Majesty's estate at Frogmore on the Isle of Wight.
Alas, not quite true! Frogmore is within Windsor Home Park, close by Windsor Castle in Berkshire, to the west of London. It was there that HM Queen Victoria had built the Royal Mausoleum in which her Consort, Prince Albert, was the first of many members of our Royal Family to be buried.
You are, I fear, confusing Frogmore at Windsor with Osborne House, Her Majesty's favourite residence (and where she died in 1901), on the Isle of Wight. This, for those unfamiliar with our geography, lies centrally some six miles off the south coast of the United Kingdom. It is Osborne House that forms the backdrop to the watercolour of John Brown.
Take care,
Ham.
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7th February 08, 07:49 PM
#3
Originally Posted by Hamish
You are, I fear, confusing Frogmore at Windsor with Osborne House, Her Majesty's favourite residence (and where she died in 1901), on the Isle of Wight. This, for those unfamiliar with our geography, lies centrally some six miles off the south coast of the United Kingdom. It is Osborne House that forms the backdrop to the watercolour of John Brown.
Take care,
Ham.
You spotted the deliberate mistake and so you win this week's prize! 
All the best,
Scott
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