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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)

    Photograph of Donald Stewart (1827-1909) with stag shot by the Prince Albert

    5 - 5 Oct 1854

    Salted paper print | 13.7 x 19.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2140252

    Photograph of Donald Stewart, forester, sitting at the base of a tree with a dead stag which was shot by Prince Albert at his feet

    • Creator(s)

      Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Donald Stewart (1827-1909)

    • 13.7 x 19.6 cm (image)

      33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)

      35.7 x 47.5 x 2.4 cm (album)

    • Donald Stewart (Forester) & the stag shot by P. Consort. Sep. 1854

      Album: Windsor Castle Etc

    • Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Agriculture and related techniques
          • Animal husbandry
            • Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
              • Stag hunting
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Biological sciences
          • Zoology
            • Animals
              • Mammals
                • Deer
                  • Red deer
                    • Stags (male deer)
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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