Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)
'Balmoral Castle, back of the house looking towards the Dee'
Sep 1852Salted 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.
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
annotation: [lower left] Becker photo. [centre] Balmoral Castle, back of the house loking towards the Dee. Sep. 1852 [mount, beneath photograph]
13.1 x 18.8 cm (image)
33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle (Old) [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Dee [Aberdeen]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
