Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Falls of Clyde, Stonebyres
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.1 x 6.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2320179
Photograph of water falling over rocks in the foreground with a waterfall in the background. Two men stand to the right of the waterfall in the background.
This is a photograph of Stonebyres waterfall or Linn, one of three waterfalls on the River Clyde and collectively known as the Falls of Clyde. Cora Linn has the tallest drop of the four, measuring 84 feet. The Falls of Clyde are located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
This is a photograph of Stonebyres waterfall or Linn, one of three waterfalls on the River Clyde and collectively known as the Falls of Clyde. Cora Linn has the tallest drop of the four, measuring 84 feet. The Falls of Clyde are located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.1 x 6.9 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
- Lanarkshire [Scotland]
- Falls of Clyde [Lanarkshire]
- Stonebyres [Lanarkshire]
- Lanarkshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Clyde
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Waterfalls
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
