Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Loch Achray and Ben Venue, Perthshire
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.4 x 7.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2320040
Photograph of Loch Achry in Stirlingshire, Scotland. The view is of an island in the middle of the loch and is framed by tree branches in the foreground.
Ben Venue stands at a height of 727m and its name derives from the Gaelic meaning 'miniature mountain'.
Ben Venue stands at a height of 727m and its name derives from the Gaelic meaning 'miniature mountain'.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.4 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)
- Geography
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Lochs
- Physiography
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Stirlingshire [Scotland]
- Stirling [Scotland]
- Loch Achray [Stirling]
- Stirling [Scotland]
- Stirlingshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Mountains of Great Britain
- Mountains of Scotland
- Ben Venue [Perthshire]
- Mountains of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Geography
