Landscape, Nature and Architecture
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GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
A view near Castleton of Braemar
Sep 1857Albumen print | 19.7 x 24.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2160046
Photograph of a river running over boulders towards a series of cottages and out buildings in Castleton of Braemar. In the distance are large hills.
In 1857 Wilson was producing work that was of a larger size to those photographs that he had taken the previous year. There is a possibility that Wilson was influenced by Roger Fenton who was producing views of the same region but in a larger size in 1856; however, by September of 1857, Wilson was keen to utilise his artistic eye and skills of composition to produce these striking images of the Scottish landscape.
In 1857 Wilson was producing work that was of a larger size to those photographs that he had taken the previous year. There is a possibility that Wilson was influenced by Roger Fenton who was producing views of the same region but in a larger size in 1856; however, by September of 1857, Wilson was keen to utilise his artistic eye and skills of composition to produce these striking images of the Scottish landscape.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Great Britain19.7 x 24.5 cm (image)
28.3 x 36.6 cm (page dimensions)
A View near Castleton of Braemar, 1857 [Album: Balmoral 1856-1861]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Castleton of Braemer [Aberdeenshire]
- Braemar [Aberdeenshire]
- Braemar Valley
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Streams
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
