Balmoral Castle from the South West

Photograph of Balmoral Castle from the drive that leads to the main entrance with the clock tower visible in the background. In the foreground stand small sapling trees and a bench placed to the left of the drive.

This view proved popular with Wilson who photographed the newly constructed Balmoral Castle from this spot on many occasions. Other versions feature a man seated on the bench which may have been Wilson's assistant, William Gellie, who accompanied Wilson on his trips into England and Scotland. Due to the albumen processes susceptibility to deterioration over time, Queen Victoria commissioned the photographer, Jabez Hughes to reproduce this photograph in carbon in 1883. This photograph is a carbon copy of the original albumen photograph. Carbon was a process that was less susceptible to fading, unlike an albumen print that is prone to discolouration over time.