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    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Obelisk - Memorial to Prince Consort

    c. 1862

    Albumen print | 10.5 x 16.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2160360

    Photograph of the Obelisk erected to the memory of Albert, Prince Consort, by the servants and tenantry of Balmoral. The obelisk stands in a clearing within a patch of trees with a dirt path leading up to it. Shrubs and bushes flank either side of the path.   

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

      GW Wilson, & Co, 25 Crown St, Aberdeen (photographer)

    • 10.5 x 16.0 cm (image)

      26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

    • Princess Helena's Album 1852-1868

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
                • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Prince Albert's Obelisk [Balmoral Estate]
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Agriculture and related techniques
          • Gardening
            • Gardens
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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