Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Looking up Glencoe c. 1860
Albumen print | 7.6 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2320186
Photograph of a view towards a high sided escarpment visible in the background, with a river in the foreground.
Glen Coe was formed during the Ice Age and is named after the River Coe which flows through it. George Washington Wilson took another photograph looking towards the same mountains that are in the background from further down the valley that features a waterfall in the foreground.
Glen Coe was formed during the Ice Age and is named after the River Coe which flows through it. George Washington Wilson took another photograph looking towards the same mountains that are in the background from further down the valley that features a waterfall in the foreground.
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Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
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7.6 x 7.1 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
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From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort between 1860 and 1861
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- The Highlands [Scotland]
- Glencoe [Scotland]
- The Highlands [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Mountains of Great Britain
- Mountains of Scotland
- Mountains of Great Britain
- Rivers
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Coe [Highlands, Scotland]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Mountains
- Europe
- visual works
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