Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-77)
Loch Katrine
1844Salted paper print | 17.1 x 20.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2600337
Photograph of landscape view of Loch Katrine. In the middle ground, a single figure is seated in the stern of a small boat on the water. There are other boats either side. In the foreground is a rocky footpath. Cliffs covered in trees and a mooring jetty feature in the background.
Creator(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) (photographer)
17.1 x 20.8 cm (image)
30.6 x 23.8 cm (page dimensions)
Loch Katrine [Sun Pictures In Scotland]
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
'Sun Pictures in Scotland' was available via subscription. In the list of subscribers, Queen Victoria is the first name listed.
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Stirlingshire [Scotland]
- Loch Katrine
- Stirlingshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Boats
- Vessels (marine)
- Engineering & Technology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
