Children's albums
PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA (1844-1900)
Some men of Prince Alfred's party while encamped by a river in South Africa
22 - 22 Aug 1860Albumen print | 6.1 x 7.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2917614
This photograph shows some members of the Royal party ready for a hunting expedition. It shows six men and a dog standing by two wagons, some with guns. Other men in the background.
In July to September 1860 Prince Alfred paid an official visit to South Africa while serving as a midshipman on board HMS Euryalus. His tour took him through the Cape Colony, Eastern Cape, Natal and the Orange Free State. The Prince, who had learnt the rudiments of photography before the visit, took with him some photographic equipment including a stereoscopic box camera.
Creator(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)6.1 x 7.8 cm (image)
From an album of photographs taken and compiled by Prince Alfred
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vehicles
- Simple transport
- Waggons
- Simple transport
- Vehicles
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
- Animal husbandry
- Engineering & Technology
- Places
- Africa
- Southern Africa
- Africa
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
