Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Peak of Ben A'an, Trosachs [sic] c. 1860
Albumen print | 7.6 x 7.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2320171
![Peak of Ben A'an, Trosachs [sic]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/e/1/697962-1501239627.jpg?itok=mbzHGgCc "Peak of Ben A'an, Trosachs [sic]")
Photograph of a view of a peak in the far distance as glimpsed through a 'U' shape in the wooded hills in the foreground. In the foreground in a clearing and on a stone slab is seated a man wearing a bowler hat in left side profile.
Ben A'an is a mountain within the Trossachs area of Scotland. Its name derives from the Scottish Gaelic meaning 'small pointed peak'.
Ben A'an is a mountain within the Trossachs area of Scotland. Its name derives from the Scottish Gaelic meaning 'small pointed peak'.
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Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
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7.6 x 7.0 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
- Perthshire [Scotland]
- Ben A'an [Perthshire]
- Stirlingshire [Scotland]
- Stirling [Scotland]
- Trossachs [Scotland]
- Stirling [Scotland]
- Perthshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Europe
- visual works
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