Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Lochnagar from Craig Gowan 1856
Salted paper print | 23.4 x 28.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2160039
Photograph of Lochnagar, shrouded in clouds. View taken from from Craig Gowan.
Fenton's landscape photographs of Deeside were exhibited at the Photographic Society of Scotland's show in Edinburgh in December 1856 and were described by the Aberdeen Journal as an 'admirable series.'
Fenton's landscape photographs of Deeside were exhibited at the Photographic Society of Scotland's show in Edinburgh in December 1856 and were described by the Aberdeen Journal as an 'admirable series.'
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Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
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23.4 x 28.0 cm (image)
28.3 x 36.9 cm (page dimensions)
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Lochnagar from Craig Gowan - 1856 [Album: Balmoral 1856-1861]
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Craig Gowan House [Balmoral Estates]
- Lochnagar [Scotland]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Systematic geography
- Landscapes
- Systematic geography
- visual works
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