Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Interior of the old Abbey Church, Dunfermline
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.2 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2320141
Photograph of the interior of Dunfermline Abbey with a view looking down the nave with Romanesque pillars on either side. On the left in the foreground is seated a woman in right side profile.
Dunfermline Abbey was established in 1128 by King David I of Scotland. The nave is one of the oldest parts of the Abbey that survived the Scottish Reformation when the abbey was sacked in 1560.
Dunfermline Abbey was established in 1128 by King David I of Scotland. The nave is one of the oldest parts of the Abbey that survived the Scottish Reformation when the abbey was sacked in 1560.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.2 x 7.1 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
- Fife [Scotland]
- Dunfermline [Fife]
- Dunfermline Abbey [Fife]
- Dunfermline [Fife]
- Fife [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Abbeys
- Christian church architecture
- Churches
- Naves
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
