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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

Castleton of Braemar

1860

Albumen print | 7.6 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2320150

Photograph of a view towards Braemar Castle which is indistinct and Creag Choinnich, a hill on the right of the photograph that lies to the east of Braemar. In the lower left of the foreground is a man standing by a fence who looks towards the view. 
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Great Britain
  • 7.6 x 7.1 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
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Braemar [Aberdeenshire]
                • Braemar Castle
              • Castleton of Braemer [Aberdeenshire]
              • Creag Choinnich [Aberdeenshire]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs