Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Abbotsford from the South East
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.6 x 7.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2320135
Photograph of Abbotsford House situated near Melrose, Scotland. A path leads down to the main house which is flanked by trees at the top of the path, on the right, is seated a man with his back to the viewer who wears a top hat.
Abbotsford was once the home of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) who named it after the ford where the Abbots of Melrose Abbey used to traverse the River Tweed. The house was opened to the public in 1833 and a new visitor centre was opened on the estate in 2012.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Great Britain7.6 x 7.0 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
- From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort, between 1860 and 1861
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- The Borders [Scotland]
- Abbotsford [Borders]
- The Borders [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- Tweed, River [Borders region]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
