Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
Stag shot by the Prince
30 - 30 Sep 1852Coated salted paper print | 9.1 x 13.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2116983
Photograph of a dead stag, splayed out in a wooden wheelbarrow. The animal's head faces towards the camera. The stag was shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) in Carrop Wood (possible Carrot Wood, near Carrot Hill).
The caption indicates the stag weighed 14 stone and 6 pounds.
In her diary for 20 September 1850, Queen Victoria writes: 'Drove with Albert in the post chaise to the "Irons", & we saw deer on our way. He got out there, & in a few minutes I heard a shot, & on returning to the carriage I found Albert with/ Grant & McDonald, dragging down a fine heavy stag.'
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
annotation: Stag shot by the Prince in Carap Wood near the road (V.R. there)/ Calotype by Dr Becker. [break] Sept: 30th 1852_ weighed 14 st 6 lbs [beneath work]
9.1 x 13.1 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
