Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)
Group portrait at Balmoral
1887 after an original of 18 Oct 1858Carbon print | 10.5 x 12.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906730
Photograph of a group portrait taken at Balmoral. Queen Victoria is seated on her pony, Malakoff. She is turned towards the camera. Prince Alfred stands in right side profile with his left hand on the pony. Baroness Churchill stands beside the pony, facing left. John Brown stands holding the pony.
Creator(s)
After Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)
Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900)John Brown (1826-83)annotation: The Queen/ Pce Alfred Ldy Churchill/ J. Brown holding the pony Malatoff./ Oct 18. 1858. Balmoral. [beneath work]
10.5 x 12.8 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
Group, Balmoral, October 18th 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Malakoff (Queen Victoria's Pony, Balmoral)
- Ponies
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
