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

    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Balmoral Castle, Corridor downstairs

    c. 1875

    Albumen print | 16.3 x 21.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2140220

    Photograph of the coridoor outside the Library in Balmoral Castle. On the right is the stairwell with a statue of the Prince Consort. Along the left wall are lined various antler trophies.

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

    • 16.3 x 21.6 cm (image)

      33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)

    • Album: Windsor Castle Etc.

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Plastic arts
          • Sculpture
            • Statues
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Biological sciences
          • Zoology
            • Animals
              • Mammals
                • Deer
                  • Red deer
                    • Stags (male deer)
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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