Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)
'Macdonald (Jager) and the Prince's Poney [sic]'
1889 copy after an original of 1 Oct 1853Carbon print | 13.5 x 10.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906503
Photograph of John MacDonald (d.1860), a jager, standing, his back to the viewer. MacDonald wears highland dress, including a cap. He holds Prince Albert's pony by the reins. The pony stands in left side profile. Photograph taken at Balmoral.
Creator(s)
After Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by Mullins 1889
13.5 x 10.0 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
John MacDonald (Jäger) and the Prince's Pony, Balmoral, Oct 1853 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Ponies
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Places
