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
Sep 1857Albumen print | 19.9 x 24.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2140260
Photograph of Balmoral Castle taken from the south. Trees dominate the foreground and the roof of a glass conservatory visible through them. The new Castle stands in the middle ground and the River Dee behind it. The high ground of Parliament Knowle stands in the background.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
19.9 x 24.5 cm (image)
33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)
Album: Windsor Castle Etc
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [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
