Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)
'Johnnie, Jimsie & Alick Grant, Sons of John Grant'
10 Oct 1854Albumen print | 16.0 x 12.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906567
Photograph of a full length group portrait of the sons of John Grant taken at Balmoral. The three boys, John (1842-82), James (1846-81) and Alexander (b. 1844), pose together beside a wooden fence. The middle child, James, is seated on a stone, flanked by his two standing siblings. The boys are all dressed in Highland costume.
Creator(s)
Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)
Johnnie, Jimsie and Alick Grant / sons of John Grant, / Balmoral, Oct: 10- 1854/ by Do.
16.0 x 12.6 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Johnnie, Jimsie & Alick Grant, Sons of John Grant, Balmoral, Oct 10 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- 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
- Social sciences