Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)
Stag shot by the Prince Consort, in Corrie Buie
5 - 5 Oct 1854Albumen print | 11.6 x 14.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2140253
Photograph of a dead Stag shot by the Prince Consort, lying in the centre of a group of 10 Ghillies. Including from left to right: J Kennedy; C Coutts; W Stewart; P Farquharson; J MacKenzie; J Grant; McDonald; D Stewart; C Campbell; Gordon. In the background stands a tree and a mound. On the photograph are numbers that refer to a key to aid identification of the subjects.
Creator(s)
Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Donald Stewart (1827-1909)J. Kennedy (d. 1870)Charles CouttsWilliam StewartPeter Farquarson (d. 1874)J MackenzieJohn Grant (1810-79)McDonald (fl.1854)Charles CampbellGeorge Gordonannotation: Stag shot by the P. Consort. Oct. 5th 1854 in Corrie Buie [names of sitters] [beneath work]
11.6 x 14.9 cm (image)
33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)
Stag, shot by Prince Albert in Corrie Buie, surrounded by ghillies
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
- Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology