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Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
Stag shot by the Prince of Craig Daiegn
30 - 30 Sep 1852Coated salted paper print | 9.1 x 13.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2116984
Photograph of a dead stag laid out beside a building. The stag was shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) at Craig Daiegn. The caption indicates the stag weighed 16 stone and 6 pounds and is posed 'as he fell'.
In her diary for 20 September 1850, Queen Victoria writes: 'Drove with Affie, to meet Albert, whom we found walking near Invergelder, having killed another fine stag, which soon followed. We walked home together.'
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
annotation: Stag shot by the Prince on Craig Daiegn [?]/ (as he fell)/ Calotype by Dr Becker [break] Sept: 30th 1852. weighed 16 st 6 lbs [beneath work]
9.1 x 13.2 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
