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    PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA (1844-1900)

    Princess Beatrice and Donald

    1864

    Albumen print | 7.5 x 6 cm (image) | RCIN 2917692

    Photograph of Princess Beatrice seated side-saddle on a pony. Princess Beatrice looks ahead, at a man identified as Donald who stands, holding the reins of the pony.

    • Creator(s)

      Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)

    • 7.5 x 6 cm (image)

    • From an album of photographs taken and arranged by Prince Alfred

    • Subject(s)
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Agriculture and related techniques
          • Animal husbandry
            • Horses
              • Ponies
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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