Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Balmoral Castle from the South
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.9 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320224
Photograph of the new Balmoral Castle with the clock tower on the right. In the foreground is seated a small boy in right side profile on the lawn, wearing a kilt. A folding chair stands to the right of him.
Wilson took a number of views of Balmoral Castle from this perspective and often feature subjects in the foreground. Other variations feature a man lying on the lawn or a man seated on a bench in the foreground.
Wilson took a number of views of Balmoral Castle from this perspective and often feature subjects in the foreground. Other variations feature a man lying on the lawn or a man seated on a bench in the foreground.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.9 x 7.2 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
- From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort, between 1860 and 1861
Subject(s)
- People
- Children
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Kilts
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- People
