Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Ben Nevis from above Corpach, Inverness-shire
c. 1880 after an 1860 originalCarbon print | 7.6 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320027
Photograph of Ben Nevis, Scotland. In the middle ground is Loch Eil and in the foreground, open fields with intermittent buildings.
Located in the Grampian mountains, Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the United Kingdom stands at 1345 metres high. This photograph is a later carbon copy which is a process that is less susceptible to light damage, unlike the original albumen photograph which was more prone to fading over time.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.6 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)
- Places
- Europe
- Mountains of Great Britain
- Mountains of Scotland
- Grampians [Scotland]
- Ben Nevis [Scotland]
- Grampians [Scotland]
- Mountains of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- The Highlands [Scotland]
- Inverness-shire
- Lochaber [Inverness-shire]
- Loch Eil [Inverness-shire]
- Lochaber [Inverness-shire]
- Corpach [Highlands]
- Inverness-shire
- The Highlands [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Mountains of Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
