Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)
Group portrait with pony
Aug 1860Carbon print | 11.1 x 13.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2900374
Photograph of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Princess Alice, Prince Leopold seated on the pony 'Topsy', Princess Louise, John Brown and Princess Helena. Brown holds the pony's reins. Photograph taken at Balmoral.
Creator(s)
Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)John Brown (1826-83)annotation: Princefs Alice, Prince Leopold, Princefs Louise & Princefs Helena./ J. Brown holding the pony "Topsy". [beneath work]
11.1 x 13.4 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- 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
- Topsy (Prince Arthur's Pony)
- Ponies
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
