Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Allt-na-Giubhsach House, Balmoral estate
c. 1866Albumen print | 11.3 x 17.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2140236
Photograph showing two cottages, Allt-na-Giubhsach House in the estate of Balmoral Castle that are situated close to Loch Muick on the Balmoral estate.
Originally comprising a single cottage with a sod covered roof constructed for deer watcher, and described by Queen Victoria as 'The Hut', Alltnaguibhsaich grew to include a second building constructed in 1849 and that can be seen standing on the left. This photograph was included in George Wilson Washington's book Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery, published in 1866.
Originally comprising a single cottage with a sod covered roof constructed for deer watcher, and described by Queen Victoria as 'The Hut', Alltnaguibhsaich grew to include a second building constructed in 1849 and that can be seen standing on the left. This photograph was included in George Wilson Washington's book Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery, published in 1866.
Creator(s)
Attributed to George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
11.3 x 17.0 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)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Cottages
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Grasses
- Grass
- Grasses
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- Places
- Physiography
- Hills
- Physiography
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
