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GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
The Albert Cairn, Balmoral
1864Albumen print | 8.1 x 7.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2117214
Photograph from an album of a stone pyramid or cairn for Prince Albert, erected on the Balmoral Estate, by Queen Victoria, with two plaques, one with a quotation from the Old Testament. The plaque on the cairn reads To the beloved memory of Albert, the great and good Prince Consort, erected by his broken hearted widow, Victoria R, 21st August 1862.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)8.1 x 7.4 cm (image)
- Acquired by Princess Helena
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Prince Albert's Cairn [Balmoral Estate]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Astronomy
- Geodesy & Surveying
- Topography
- Geodesy & Surveying
- Astronomy
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Civil engineering
- Earthworks
- Cairns
- Earthworks
- Civil engineering
- Engineering & Technology
Object type(s)
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- photographs
- Places
