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Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

    ATTRIBUTED TO WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)

    A photograph of the view from Craig Gowan

    Sep 1854

    Salted paper print | 22.3 x 29.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2140246

    Photograph of the view from Craig Gowan looking down the valley towards Abergeldie and Ballater. The photograph shows the River Dee with a sharp bend in the centre of the photograph.

    • Creator(s)

      Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)

    • annotation: View from Craig Gowan, looking down the valley towards Abergeldie & Ballater. Sept. 1854. [beneath work]

    • 22.3 x 29.2 cm (image)

      33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)

      35.7 x 47.5 x 2.4 cm (album)

    • Windsor Castle Etc

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Craig Gowan
                • Abergeldie [Aberdeenshire]
                • Ballater [Aberdeenshire]
          • Rivers of northern Europe
            • Rivers of Scotland
              • River Dee [Aberdeen]
      • Geography
        • Physiography
          • Rivers
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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