Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)
John MacDonald (d. 1860) and the stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61), Balmoral
7 Oct 1854Albumen print | 15.7 x 18.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2906566
Photograph of full length portrait of the Jager, John MacDonald (d.1860), seated under a tree with his left leg resting on a stag. He holds a rifle on his lap. The stag was shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) on 5th Oct 1854 in Corrie Buie, Balmoral.
Creator(s)
After Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)
15.7 x 18.3 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
MacDonald and the Stag Shot by the Prince on Oct 5 in Corrie Buie, Balmoral, Oct 7 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
