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Children's albums

Children's albums

GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

Mrs Grant

c. 1865

Albumen print | 9.2 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2160372

Photograph of Mrs Grant, seated and facing the viewer. She wears a black bonnet and a long dress with embroidered edging on the bodice and sleeves. Her right arm rests on a table that stands to her right.

Elizabeth Grant was the wife of John Grant (1810-79), the Head Forester at Balmoral, who retired from service in 1875. The couple had seven children who were photographed with their parents outside their home on the Balmoral estate.
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

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

    Subject(s)

    Elizabeth Grant (1817-87)
  • 9.2 x 5.5 cm (image)

    26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

  • Princess Helena's Album 1852-68

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