Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Hawthornden
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.7 x 7.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2320036
Photograph of a rocky gorge with the modernised 19th century Hawthornden Castle visible through trees situated on a cliff above the River Esk
Hawthornden Castle is located in Midlothian in Scotland and was the home to the Drummond family from the 16th century to the mid 20th century.
Hawthornden Castle is located in Midlothian in Scotland and was the home to the Drummond family from the 16th century to the mid 20th century.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sir James Williams-Drummond, 3rd Baronet (1814-1866)7.7 x 7.0 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
- Midlothian [Scotland]
- Hawthornden Castle [Midlothian]
- Midlothian [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Esk [Moray]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
