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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Balmoral Castle, South Front

1 Sep 1856

Albumen print | 34.0 x 44.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2104682

Photograph of the south front of the newly built Balmoral Castle in 1856 with the clock yet to be added to the tower

Creator(s)

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Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
34.0 x 44.3 cm (image)
Balmoral Castle. [Outsize views of Osborne and Balmoral.]
Given to John Clayton Cowell (Who had been Governor to Prince Alfred in 1856 and who became Master of the Household in 1866, until 1894) by Queen Victoria on October 11th, 1857.
Subject(s)
- Places
  
  Europe
  
  Great Britain
  
  Scotland
  
  Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
  
  Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]