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    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Birkhall

    1862

    Albumen print | 11.0 x 17.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2117210

    Photograph from an album of Birkhall as glimpsed through trees on the right of centre. The house's gardens can be seen stretching out in front of the house and lead down towards the river Muick which flows diagonally through the frame. On the left of the foreground is a grassy hill that leads down to the river.    

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    • 11.0 x 17.1 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Princess Helena

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Ballater [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Birkhall [Ballater]
          • Rivers of northern Europe
            • Rivers of Scotland
              • River Muick [Aberdeenshire]
      • Geography
        • Physiography
          • Rivers
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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