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Children's albums

Children's albums

GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

Mr Patterson, the Gardener at Balmoral, and his wife

c. 1865

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2160380

Photograph from an album of Mr Robert Patterson (1802-72) standing in a full length portrait, facing the viewer and with his right hand resting on a book that is on a table that stands on the left. His wife, Mrs Patterson, wears a long dark gown with frilly bonnet, she holds a closed book in her hands. Foot rest in lower foreground.
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

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

    Subject(s)

    Robert Patterson (1802-72)
    Mrs Patterson
  • 8.7 x 5.5 cm (image)

    26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

  • Album: Princess Helena's album 1852-68

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