Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)
Donald Stewart (1827-1909) with a stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61), Balmoral
5 Oct 1854Albumen print | 14.6 x 19.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2906561
Photograph of a full length portrait of Donald Stewart (1827-1909), a forester, seated in left side profile beneath a tree. He is wearing Highland costume. A stag is laid out near his feet. The stag was shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) on 4th October 1854, on Corrie na Poitch, Balmoral.
Creator(s)
Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)
Stag shot by the Prince Oct 4 on Corrie na/ Poitch & Donald Stewart one of the Foresters/ Balmoral Oct: 5 - 1854./ by Wilson & Hay.
14.6 x 19.4 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Corrie-na-Poitch [Balmoral Estates]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Places
