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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

Balmoral Castle from the South

c. 1860

Albumen print | 7.9 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320224

Photograph of the new Balmoral Castle with the clock tower on the right. In the foreground is seated a small boy in right side profile on the lawn, wearing a kilt. A folding chair stands to the right of him.

Wilson took a number of views of Balmoral Castle from this perspective and often feature subjects in the foreground. Other variations feature a man lying on the lawn or a man seated on a bench in the foreground.  
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

  • 7.9 x 7.2 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)
    • Children
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Costume & National dress
          • Costume-Great Britain
            • Costume-Scotland
              • Scottish Highland Dress
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Kilts