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THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)

4 Stags and a roe shot by the Prince

13 - 13 Oct 1857

Salted paper print | 13.6 x 11.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2117010

Photograph of four stags and one roe deer shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) piled together in a clearing in a wood. Photograph was likely taken in the Balmoral woods.

  • Creator(s)

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

  • annotation: 4 Stags & a roe shot by the Prince Oct 12th 1857./ The 3 stags in Cromie Brag, Glen Beg [?]/ & the roe in Balmoral Woods [beneath work]

  • 13.6 x 11.1 cm (image)

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mammals
              • Deer
                • Red deer
                  • Stags (male deer)
                • Roebuck Deer
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
            • Hunting methods
              • Stalking
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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