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    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Mrs Mackenzie (fl. 1865)

    c. 1865

    Albumen print | 9.2 x 6.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2160377

    Photograph from an album of a full length portrait of an elderly woman, seated and wearing a long black gown with embroidered sleeves and cuffs, also wears frilled black bonnet. She faces three-quarters to the right and her hands are crossed at the wrist whilst holding a closed book. Behind her is a wooden trellis.

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

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

      Subject(s)

      Mrs Mackenzie (fl. c. 1865)

    • 9.2 x 6.4 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]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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