Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)
Group of Jagers at Balmoral
1889 copy after an original of 3 Sep 1853Carbon print | 11.4 x 14.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906504
Photograph of a group of ghillies standing or seated on a grassy clearing. Some of the ghillies are holding telescopes, indicating the group are possibly deerstalking. From left to right are William Leys (fl. 1853), John Grant the Head Forester (1810-79), John Brown (1827-83), John MacDonald (d. 1860), John Kennedy (d. 1870) and Charles Campbell (fl. 1853). Photograph taken at Balmoral.
Creator(s)
After Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
Subject(s)
William LeysJohn Grant (1810-79)John Brown (1826-83)J. Kennedy (d. 1870)Charles CampbellJohn MacDonald (d. 1860)annotation: Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by Mullins 1889 [mount, lower left]
annotation: John Grant / W. Leys Head Forester J. Brown Macdonald (Jager) / J. Kennedy C. Campbell (Gillies) [sic] [Underneath the image ]
11.4 x 14.6 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Group Balmoral, Sep 3rd 1853 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Precision mechanisms & instruments
- Telescopes
- Precision mechanisms & instruments
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
