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    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    View of Lochnagar from Craig Gowan

    c. 1859

    Albumen print | 7.4 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2117168

    Photograph of a view towards the mountain Lochnagar, situated in the Grampians of Scotland. In the foreground is open moorland interspersed with ferns and with an area of exposed rock on the right.  

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    • 7.4 x 7.1 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Princess Helena

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Lochnagar [Scotland]
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Craig Gowan
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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