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    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    The Head of Loch Muick

    c. 1862

    Albumen print | 11.0 x 17.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2160362

    Photograph taken from the Linn of Muick with water flowing over boulders towards the Loch which can be seen in the background, surrounded by sharply ascending escarpments.

    This photograph was reproduced as a woodcut by James Cooper in Queen Victoria's reminiscences of her visits to Scotland titled Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

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

    • 11.0 x 17.0 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 Estate [Aberdeenshire]
                • Linn of Muick [Aberdeenshire]
                • Loch Muick [Scotland]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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