Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) c.1880 copy of an original of Oct 1853
Carbon print | 12.2 x 14.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900006
Photograph of Prince Alfred, aged 9, seated on a pony facing left. He turns his head towards the camera. He wears Highland dress. McDonald, also in Highland dress, stands on the left, holding the pony's bridle. There are hills in the background.
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Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)John MacDonald (d. 1860) -
annotation: Prince Alfred/ and McDonald./ Balmoral. Oct: 1853./ By Mr. Becker. [beneath work]
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12.2 x 14.0 cm (image)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Ponies
- Highland ponies
- Ponies
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- visual works
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