Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)
John MacDonald (d. 1860), Jager, with a stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61), Balmoral
6 - 6 Oct 1854Albumen print | 15.7 x 19.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2906563
Photograph of a full length portrait of the Jager, John MacDonald (d.1860), seated on the trunk of a tree with a stag laid out by his feet. A rifle rests on MacDonald's left leg. The stag was shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) on 5th Oct 1854 in Corrie Buie. Photograph taken in Balmoral.
Creator(s)
Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)
Subject(s)
John MacDonald (d. 1860)15.7 x 19.3 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Stag shot by the Prince, Oct 5, in Corrie Buie, & the Jäger John MacDonald, Balmoral, Oct 6 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- 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
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
