Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
Head of Stag shot by the Prince on Carop Hill
26 Sep 1853Coated salted paper print | 14.1 x 10.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2116989
Photograph of the head of a stag shot by Prince Albert (1819-61) on Carop Hill. The head is posed on a draped plinth and in front of a sheet backdrop.
The caption indicated the stag weighed 18 stone and 9 pounds and the animal's head was stuffed for display.
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Head of Stag shot by the Prince on Carop Hill (V.R. there)/ Sep: 26th 1853.- weighted 18 stone 9 pounds clean- Head stuffed: in/ in sitting room old house/ Calotype by Dr. Becker. -
14.1 x 10.9 cm (image)
- From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
- Hunting methods
- Stalking
- Hunting methods
- Field sports (hunting, shooting, stalking)
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics