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    A distant view of Stirling Castle

    c. 1862-7

    Albumen print | 7.7 x 7.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2117320

    Photograph of a landscape featuring a circular stone building with thatched roof in the foreground. Two men stands in the middle-foreground. One man wears a 'stove-pipe' hat and the other is working on straw bales. Stirling Castle, on a steep rocky hill, is in the background.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

    • 7.7 x 7.4 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Princess Louise

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Stirlingshire [Scotland]
                • Stirling [Scotland]
                  • Stirling Castle [Scotland]
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Astronomy
          • Geodesy & Surveying
            • Topography
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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