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Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him

Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)

Stag shot by the Prince on Coignach Crag

Coated salted paper print | 15.3 x 19.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2116988

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Photograph of a stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) in Coignach Craig. The stag is laid out on a path, his head facing towards the camera. There is a picket fence in the background.

  • Creator(s)

    Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)

  • annotation: Stag shot by the Prince on Coignach Crag- OCT: 7TH. 1852- Head stuffed: in library in old home/ very old; spreading horns 28 inches in length & width- Photography Dr Becker. - [beneath work]
  • 15.3 x 19.7 cm (image)

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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