Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)
Stag shot by the Prince on the shoulder of Ripe
5 - 5 Oct 1857Salted paper print | 11.6 x 15.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2117009
Photograph of the head of a stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61), positioned on top of a wooden box, facing towards the left. The wooden box is positioned in front of a stone wall. Stag shot at Ripe Hill, on the Balmoral Estate.
Creator(s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)
annotation: Stag shot by the Prince on the shoulder of Ripe/ Oct: 5th 1857. weighed 17 st 2 lb. [beneath work]
11.6 x 15.1 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
