White Stag in Windsor Park

Glass plate negative of a white stag, standing and facing three quarters to the right.

Prince Albert was appointed Ranger of Windsor Great Park in 1840 and one of his enterprises there was to improve sporting facilities by purchasing more land and sporting rights. Herds of deer, which were hunted, had been kept in the Park since the thirteenth century.

The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this negative (RCIN 2800709) can be found in an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert.