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Comte de Montizon 
Flamingo, London Zoo 
[London Zoo] 
1852 
  
Salt print 
7.9 x 9.9 cm 
  
Royal Photograph Collection 
The Royal Collection ® 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, RCIN 2905528 
  
 
LL/38859 
  
This photograph was included in the exhibition Victoria & Albert: Art & Love at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, until 31 October 2010.
 
Probably acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1854, following the Photographic Society Exhibition, London.
 
In 2010 this photograph was uploaded to flickr by The British Monarchy.
 
The text on the Royal Collection website (www.royalcollection.org.uk) describes this photograph (Accesssed: 6 Aug 2010):
 
Montizon, the younger son of the pretender to the Spanish throne, produced over forty different studies of animals at London Zoo during the 1850s. 
 

 
  
 
  
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