A View of the Valley near Castleton of Braemar

Photograph of a view of the valley near Castleton of Braemar. The Dee River features in the middle ground, at the centre of the photograph, and is surrounded by forest. There are hills in background. The upper part of the photograph is dominated by a cloudy sky.

In 1857 Wilson was producing work that was of the larger Imperial size compared 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.