Children's albums
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
The Linn of Dee
1856-59Albumen print | 11 x 17.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2117212
Photograph from an album of the stone bridge spanning the River Dee as seen in the background. A rocky gorge interspersed with trees borders the bridge on either side.
The bridge in this photograph exhibits a single gothic arch. In her diaries written during the autumn of 1857, Queen Victoria mentions crossing the 'new bridge...where a fine salmon and large trout were caught.' RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ (W) 1st September 1857
Creator(s)
Attributed to George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
11 x 17.1 cm (image)
- Acquired by Princess Helena
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Linn of Dee [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Dee [Aberdeen]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Bridges
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
