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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)

'Macdonald (Jager) and the Prince's Poney [sic]'

1889 copy after an original of 1 Oct 1853

Carbon print | 13.5 x 10.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906503

Photograph of John MacDonald (d.1860), a jager, standing, his back to the viewer. MacDonald wears highland dress, including a cap. He holds Prince Albert's pony  by the reins. The pony stands in left side profile. 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

  • 13.5 x 10.0 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • John MacDonald (Jäger) and the Prince's Pony, Balmoral, Oct 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
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
            • Ponies