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Children's albums

Children's albums

THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)

Display of stags shot by the Prince

12 - 12 Oct 1857

Salted paper print | 9.3 x 11.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2160326

Photograph from an album of four stag heads and one roe deer head that were shot by the Prince Consort at Cromie Bray Glen Beg on the Balmoral estate, lying on the ground amongst stones and heather. In the background is trees and scrubland.
  • Creator(s)

    Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
  • 9.3 x 11.5 cm (image)

    26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

  • Album: Princess Helena's Album 1852-68

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
            • Stag hunting
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mammals
              • Deer
                • Red deer
                  • Stags (male deer)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
            • Glen Beg [Scotland]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs