Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
Head of Stag shot by the Prince on Carop Hill
26 - 26 Sep 1853Coated salted paper print | 14.1 x 10.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2116989
Photograph of the head of a stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) on Carop Hill. The head is posed on a draped plinth and in front of a sheet backdrop.
The caption indicated the stag weighed 18 stone and 9 pounds and the animal's head was stuffed for display.
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
annotation: Head of Stag shot by the Prince on Carop Hill (V.R. there)/ Sep: 26th 1853.- weighted 18 stone 9 pounds clean- Head stuffed: in/ in sitting room old house/ Calotype by Dr. Becker. - [beneath work]
14.1 x 10.9 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)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- 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
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
