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 1857Carbon 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 (1883-1917) (photographer)
Subject(s)
John Brown (1826-83)Charles CouttsPeter RobertsonCharles Duncan (1826-1904)J Smith (Balmoral Gillie)annotation: Ponies, Keepers and Gillies at Balmoral. / P. Robertson, C. Coutts, J. Brown C. Duncan and Smith. [break] 1857. [beneath work]
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]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Ponies
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
