Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Balmoral Castle from the South Sep 1857
Albumen print | 19.9 x 24.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2140260
Photograph of Balmoral Castle taken from the south. Trees dominate the foreground and the roof of a glass conservatory visible through them. The new Castle stands in the middle ground and the River Dee behind it. The high ground of Parliament Knowle stands in the background.
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Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
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19.9 x 24.5 cm (image)
33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Album: Windsor Castle Etc
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Commissioned 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 [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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