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Children's albums

    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Mrs Duncan and her children, Jessie, Jane, Mary and Alice

    1861

    Albumen print | 14.5 x 14.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2160381

    Photograph from an album of Mrs Duncan, wife of Charles, seated in right side profile in the doorway to a house. She holds a baby dressed in white. A young girl sits on the same side as her mother and holds a doll. On the right stands a girl holding a book and in front of her stands another girl wearing a dress with horizontal designs.

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

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

      Subject(s)

      Jesse Duncan
      Jane Duncan
      Mary Duncan
      Alice Duncan

    • 14.5 x 14.0 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
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