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| Picture No | 12009255 |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | Roasting the baron of beef, Windsor Castle 1887 |
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Roasting the baron of beef, Windsor Castle. The baron of beef was an annual institution at Windsor and was cut from the first prize fat bullock at the Shaw Farm Sale. The trademan who bought the beast had the privilege of supplying the great joint to the Castle. After it was roasted, should her Majesty be elsewhere, it was sent to the place where she happened to be residing and put on the buffet on Christmas Day.
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| Source | Engraving in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 3 December 1887 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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