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    Stag Head

    c. 1857

    Albumen print | 13.0 x 12.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2160331

    Photograph of a large stag's head with 13 point antlers. The head is placed on a large wooden table with rhododendron leaves as decoration. A plain sheet serves as a backdrop. Possibly shot by the Prince Consort during a hunting expedition.  

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

    • 13.0 x 12.2 cm (image)

      26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

    • Pss Helena's Album 1852-1868

    • Subject(s)
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Agriculture and related techniques
          • Animal husbandry
            • Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
              • Stag hunting
              • Hunting methods
                • Shooting (animals)
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Biological sciences
          • Zoology
            • Animals
              • Mammals
                • Deer
                  • Red deer
                    • Stags (male deer)
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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