Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Alt-na-guisach. The Queen's Lodge on Loch Muick.
c. 1860Albumen print | 8.0 x 7.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2320214
Photograph of two cottages standing side by side with gardens in the foreground.
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 standing on the left that was constructed in 1849. 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 standing on the left that was constructed in 1849. This photograph was included in George Wilson Washington's book Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery, published in 1866.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
8.0 x 7.3 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
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Loch Muick [Scotland]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Cottages
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Places
