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    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Balmoral

    c. 1865

    Albumen 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.

    • 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
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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