Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Balmoral; 1856-1861
1856-61Red leather bound album | 30.0 x 39.0 x 4.2 cm (album) | RCIN 2160036
Dark red leather bound album containing a mixture of photographs (RCINs 2160037-2160483) and watercolours (RCINs 916898-916906) of views of Balmoral. The title of the album, "BALMORAL", is shown in gold tooling on the front cover and is surrounded by a tooled border on the outside edge of the album. The album's spine has five protrusions equally spaced with tooled gold lines as decoration.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
30.0 x 39.0 x 4.2 cm (album)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Systematic geography
- Landscapes
- Systematic geography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- printed & manuscript material
- books
- Places
