Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Edinburgh from the Calton Hill
1859Albumen print | 7.5 x 7.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2320126
Photograph of Edinburgh taken from the Calton Hill and looking towards Princes Street and Old Calton Burial Ground with the obelisk erected in memory to the Political martyrs standing to the left of the centre.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Great Britain7.5 x 7.3 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
- Lothian [Scotland]
- Edinburgh [Lothian]
- Calton Hill [Edinburgh]
- Edinburgh [Lothian]
- Lothian [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
