Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Head of Stag shot by the Prince on Ripe Hill 1850
Coated salted paper print | 14.8 x 10.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2116982
Photograph of the head of a stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) on Ripe Hill, Balmoral. The head is posed facing three-quarters to the left.
The marks on the right side of the print, extending inwards, may be a result of a damaged negative.
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Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
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annotation: Head of Stag shot by the Prince on Ripe Hill/ Calotype by Dr. Becker/ Sept: 27th 1852 [beneath work]
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14.8 x 10.0 cm (image)
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From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
- Hunting methods
- Stalking
- Hunting methods
- Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- visual works
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