Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)
Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), seated on a pony
Sep 1857Salted paper print | 9.6 x 12.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2900112
Photograph of Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), seated on a pony, facing left. He wears Highland dress. A groom stands on the left, beside the pony's head, and holds the pony's reins. The groom wears a tall black hat. Photograph taken at Balmoral. Photograph cropped into an oval shape.
Creator(s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)
Prince Arthur./ Balmoral. Sept: 1857./ By Pierce.
9.6 x 12.9 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (whole object)
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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Ponies
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Social sciences
