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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)

Group, Windsor Castle Oct 1859

Albumen print | 14.0 x 16.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906794

Photograph of a group that includes, from left to right, The Honourable Mary Bulteel, Mr F[rederick] Cavendish, Elizabeth, Countess of Desart and the Honourable Lucy Kerr. The group are posed around the head of stag. Photograph taken on a terrace at Windsor Castle. There are French windows in the background.
  • Creator(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

    Subject(s)
    Lady Mary Ponsonby (1832-1916)
    Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish (1836-82)
    Elizabeth Lucy Desart (1822-98)
    Lucy Maria Kerr (1822-1874)
  • annotation: The Hon. M. Bulteel [break[ /W. L.-/ Cavenidsh [break] the Countess/ of Desart [break] & the Hon./ Lucy Kerrr./
    Windsor Castle Oct.- 1859./ Col. De Ros- [beneath work]
  • 14.0 x 16.5 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Group portrait, Windsor Castle

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
    Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Zoology
        • Animals
          • Mammals
            • Deer
              • Red deer
                • Stags (male deer)
        • Animal physiology
          • Antlers
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Berkshire [England]
              • Windsor [Berkshire]
                • Windsor Castle