Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)
Group of ghillies ready for hunting
Oct 1858Albumen print | 28.3 x 36.6 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2160077
Photograph of a full length portrait of a group of ghillies posed in a clearing in a forested area. The ghillies are, from left to right, D. Kennedy, J. Smith, W. Stewart, J. Brown, F. Farquarson, Morgan, C. Coutts, P. Robertson and Johnnie Grant. The ghillies pose with guns and are ready to go hunting. Photograph taken in the grounds of Balmoral.
Creator(s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Donald Stewart (1827-1909)Peter Farquarson (d. 1874)Charles Duncan (1826-1904)John Grant (1842-82)Peter RobertsonCharles CouttsJames Smith (d. 1867)28.3 x 36.6 cm (page dimensions)
11.0 x 15.0 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- printed & manuscript material
- books
- Places
