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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

    WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE

    White Stag in Windsor Park

    3 - 3 Nov 1854

    Albumen print | 9.1 x 11.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2800709

    Photograph of a white stag, standing and facing three quarters to the left.

    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.

    • Creator(s)

      William Bambridge (photographer)

    • 9.1 x 11.3 cm (image)

    • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Biological sciences
          • Zoology
            • Animals
              • Mammals
                • Deer
                  • Red deer
                    • Stags (male deer)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Berkshire [England]
                • Windsor [Berkshire]
                  • Windsor Great Park [Windsor]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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