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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)

Group of Jagers at Balmoral

1889 copy after an original of 3 Sep 1853

Carbon print | 11.4 x 14.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906504

Photograph of a group of ghillies standing or seated on a grassy clearing. Some of the ghillies are holding telescopes, indicating the group are possibly deerstalking. From left to right are William Leys (fl. 1853), John Grant the Head Forester (1810-79), John Brown (1827-83), John MacDonald (d. 1860), John Kennedy (d. 1870) and Charles Campbell (fl. 1853). Photograph taken at Balmoral.
  • Creator(s)

    After Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by Mullins 1889

    John Grant / W. Leys Head Forester J. Brown Macdonald (Jager) / J. Kennedy C. Campbell (Gillies) [sic]

  • 11.4 x 14.6 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Group Balmoral, Sep 3rd 1853 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Costume & National dress
          • Costume-Great Britain
            • Costume-Scotland
              • Scottish Highland Dress
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Precision mechanisms & instruments
          • Telescopes