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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)

Group of ponies, keepers and gillies at Balmoral

1887 copy after an original of Oct 1857

Carbon print | 9.8 x 12.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906662

Photograph of a group of ponies, keepers and gillies standing on open heath ground at Balmoral. The photograph features, from left to right, P. Robertson (fl. 1857), Charles Coutts (fl. 1857), John Brown (1827-83), Charles Duncan (1826-1904) and J. Smith (fl. 1854).
  • Creator(s)

    After Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)

    Hughes & Mullins : Ryde, Isle of Wight (photographer)

  • Ponies, Keepers and Gillies at Balmoral. / P. Robertson, C. Coutts, J. Brown C. Duncan and Smith. [break] 1857.

  • 9.8 x 12.6 cm (image)
    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Group of ponies, keepers and gillies at Balmoral, [October] 1857 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
            • Ponies