Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Cottage in the woods of Rothiemurcus
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.7 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320161
Photograph of small house with sloping roof and clad in ivy, nestled amongst coniferous trees. A white picket fence stands outside the cottage and a second fence borders a river that flows horizontally in the foreground. A woman who is bent double as she scoops water into a metal bucket and with a dog stands at the water's edge.
Rothiemurcus Forest is situated in the Scottish Highlands and forms part of the Rothiemurcus estate that was owned by the Grant Family.
Rothiemurcus Forest is situated in the Scottish Highlands and forms part of the Rothiemurcus estate that was owned by the Grant Family.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.7 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
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- The Highlands [Scotland]
- Inverness-shire
- Rothiemurcus [Inverness-shire]
- Inverness-shire
- The Highlands [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Cottages
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Dogs
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
