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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)

Group of Foresters and Gillies with the stag shot by the Prince

6 - 6 Oct 1854

Albumen print | 12.3 x 15.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906176

Photograph of a group of 10 Foresters and Gillies, six seated and four standing, around a dead stag that lies on its left side. In the background stands a tree, against which Donald Stewart (1827-1909), third from the right, leans. Macdonald (fl. 1854), seated fourth from the left, pours a drink from a small bottle.
  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Donald Stewart (1827-1909)
    John H MacDonald (d. 1860)
  • 12.3 x 15.0 cm (image)

  • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Precision mechanisms & instruments
          • Telescopes
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
            • Deer hunting
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mammals
              • Deer
                • Red deer
                  • Stags (male deer)
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Costume & National dress
          • Costume-Great Britain
            • Costume-Scotland
              • Scottish Highland Dress
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs