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GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Balmoral
c. 1865Albumen print | 7.7 x 7.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2117286
Photograph of the new Balmoral Castle, with informal gardens in the foreground.
Prince Albert purchased the old castle and estate, as a private residence for the Royal Family. He commissioned William Smith of Aberdeen to build a new bigger castle in the Scots Baronial style and it was completed in 1856 and the old castle demolished in the following year.
Prince Albert purchased the old castle and estate, as a private residence for the Royal Family. He commissioned William Smith of Aberdeen to build a new bigger castle in the Scots Baronial style and it was completed in 1856 and the old castle demolished in the following year.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.7 x 7.3 cm (image)
- Acquired by Princess Louise
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Astronomy
- Geodesy & Surveying
- Topography
- Geodesy & Surveying
- Astronomy
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
