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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)

Stags shot by Prince Albert (1819-61)

Salted paper print | 19.8 x 15.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2116999

Photograph of two stag heads laid out on a grassy field. The stags were both shot by Prince Albert (1819-61).

  • Creator(s)

    Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)

  • annotation: [left] Royal stag shot by the Prince/ at Drummour [?] [right] Stag with 1 points royal on 1 side shot by the Prince/ at Stobleadh/ Oct 13th 1858. [beneath work]

  • 19.8 x 15.2 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)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
            • Hunting methods
              • Stalking
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs