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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)

Glen Ey, Braemar

c. 1880 after an c. 1859 original

Carbon print | 7.8 x 7.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2320013

Photograph of a high view of a river running through Glen Ey, in the west mounth near Braemar, with high cliffs on the right and trees on the left.

This photograph is a copy made in carbon which is a process less susceptible to light damage over time. It is used in place of the original albumen photograph.
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

  • 7.8 x 7.4 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]
              • Glen Ey [Aberdeenshire]
        • Rivers of northern Europe
          • Rivers of Scotland
            • River Dee [Aberdeen]
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    • Geography
      • Physiography
        • Rivers
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs