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HILLS & SAUNDERS (1852-2019)

John Brown (1823-83)

c. 1865

Albumen print | 13.5 x 9.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2160369

Photograph of a full length portrait of John Brown standing in full length and facing three-quarters to the left. He wears full Highland dress and dress jacket, Glengarry cap and sporran. A chair, partially obscured, stands on the right.

John Brown was Queen Victoria's personal attendant and was born in 1826 in Crathie, Aberdeenshire. He remained in the Queen's Household until his death in 1883 at Windsor Castle. He is buried in Crathie Church. 
  • Creator(s)

    Hills & Saunders (1852-2019) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    John Brown (1826-83)
  • 13.5 x 9.0 cm (image)

    26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

  • Princess Helena's Album 1852-68

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Costume & National dress
          • Costume-Great Britain
            • Costume-Scotland
              • Scottish Highland Dress
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs