Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Sligachan, Isle of Skye
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.7 x 6.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2320184
Photograph of the side of a hill with scree and boulders on its slopes. On the left of the background stands a house. A track on the left side leads towards the dwelling. In the far background stand mountains.
The building in this photograph is the Sligachan hotel. George Washington Wilson took many photographs of this viewpoint featuring the hotel and his photographs would have appealed to tourists who had stayed in the area. Sligachan is the name of a settlement on the Isle of Skye, Scotland and the hotel was established in the early 19th century.
The building in this photograph is the Sligachan hotel. George Washington Wilson took many photographs of this viewpoint featuring the hotel and his photographs would have appealed to tourists who had stayed in the area. Sligachan is the name of a settlement on the Isle of Skye, Scotland and the hotel was established in the early 19th century.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.7 x 6.8 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort between 1860 and 1861
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Hebrides [Scotland]
- Skye [Scotland]
- Glen Sligachan [Skye]
- Sligachan [Isle of Skye]
- Skye [Scotland]
- Hebrides [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Europe
- Places
