Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Stag shot by the Prince in twilight on the Danseck
Salted paper print | 8.1 x 9.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2116987
Photograph of a stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) on the Danseck. The caption indicates the stag weighed 17 stone and 3 pounds and was shot at twilight. The photograph is labelled as an 'Inperfect calotype'.
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Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
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annotation: Stag shot by the Prince in twilight on the Danseck/ near the road (V. R. there)/ (Head stuffed in sitting room old house.) weighed 17 stone 3 lbs/ clean.)/ Inperfect calotype by Dr Becker. [break] Oct: 4th 1852.- [beneath work]
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8.1 x 9.5 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)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- 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
- visual works
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