Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
'Balmoral Castle, back of the house looking towards the Dee' Sep 1852
Salted paper print | 13.1 x 18.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2140206
Photograph of the old Balmoral Castle, with a view of the back of the house facing the River Dee. A glass conservatory is on the left and in the foreground, a drive bends to the right, leading to the front of the house.
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Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
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annotation: [lower left] Becker photo. [centre] Balmoral Castle, back of the house loking towards the Dee. Sep. 1852 [mount, beneath photograph]
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13.1 x 18.8 cm (image)
33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle (Old) [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Dee [Aberdeen]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers
- Europe
- visual works
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