Children's albums
ATTRIBUTED TO DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)
Stag Shot by the Prince Consort at the Glassalt
2 - 2 Oct 1858Albumen print | 10.1 x 14.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2160342
Photograph of a stag's head with 12 point antlers placed on a garland of heather, the whole supported on a wooden bench set against a plain stone wall of the Glassalt Shiel on the Balmoral estate.
Queen Victoria's diary entry for the 2nd October 1858 reads: 'Albert out for the day, stalking...returned having killed a fine stag with 13 points.' RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ (W) 2nd October 1858
Queen Victoria's diary entry for the 2nd October 1858 reads: 'Albert out for the day, stalking...returned having killed a fine stag with 13 points.' RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ (W) 2nd October 1858
Creator(s)
Attributed to Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)10.1 x 14.1 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)
- Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Glas-allt-Shiel [Balmoral Estates]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
