Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)
Group portrait at Balmoral
Sep 1858Albumen print | 10.0 x 13.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906725
Photograph of a group taken at Balmoral comprising of, from left to right, Colonel Robert Bruce, Mr Frederick W. Gibbs, Major Christopher Teesdale, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Dr Ernst Becker, Colonel Henry Ponsonby and General Charles Grey. The group stand outside, in front of a building.
Creator(s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Major-General Robert Bruce (1813-62)Frederick Waymouth Gibbs (1821-98)Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale (1833-93)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)Sir Henry Ponsonby (1825-95)General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70)annotation: [numbering and names of sitters]/ Balmoral Sept:- 1858, Pierce. [beneath work]
10.0 x 13.2 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
Group, Balmoral, September 1858 [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
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
