Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Group portrait at Balmoral Sep 1857
Salted paper print | 11.5 x 9.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906671
Photograph of a group portrait taken on the Balmoral estate with, from left to right, Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88), Colonel Charles Phipps (1801-66), the Honourable Flora McDonald (1822-c. 1899), George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl of Granville (1815-91), Jane, Lady Churchill (1826-1900) and George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860).
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Creator(s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)Flora Isabella Clementina Macdonald (1822-c.1899)Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-91)Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900)George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860) -
annotation: Mr Becker Col: Phipps [illegible] Mr Donald Ldy Churchill/ Earl Grenville Earl Aberdeen/ Balmoral Sept: 1857. [beneath work]
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11.5 x 9.0 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
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Group, Balmoral 1857 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- visual works
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