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    ATTRIBUTED TO? GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Balmoral Castle from the River Dee

    c. 1859

    Stereoscopic albumen print | 8.4 x 17.1 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418496

    Stereograph of a view of Balmoral Castle from the south east with the River Dee running in front of the castle. Tees in the foreground and hills in the background.  

    • Creator(s)

      Attributed to? George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    • 8.4 x 17.1 cm (whole object)

    • ?Commissioned by Queen Victoria

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
          • Rivers of northern Europe
            • Rivers of Scotland
              • River Dee [Aberdeen]
      • Geography
        • Physiography
          • Rivers
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
            • stereographs
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