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GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

The Colonel's Bed. Glen Ey. Braemar

c. 1867

Albumen print | 7.7 x 7.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2117284

Photograph of a river flowing through a high rocky gorge.

The geographical feature in Glen Ey is otherwise known as the Colonel's Bed and can be found in Braemar. The high rocks provided an area in which Jacobite soldiers hid during the 1715 Rebellion.
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

  • 7.7 x 7.3 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Princess Louise

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Physiography
        • Gorges
        • Rivers
          • Rivers of northern Europe
            • Rivers of Scotland
              • River Dee [Aberdeen]
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Glen Ey [Aberdeenshire]
                • Colonel's Bed [Glen Ey]