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    THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)

    Stag head

    c. 1858

    Albumen print | 13.1 x 10.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2160343

    Photograph of a stag's head with 10 point antlers, hanging from a wall at Glassalt Shiel on the Balmoral Estate and facing down

    • Creator(s)

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

    • 13.1 x 10.2 cm (image)

      26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

    • Princess 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)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Glas-allt-Shiel [Balmoral Estates]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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