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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

Stonehenge. General view from the East

c. 1880 after an 1860 original

Carbon print | 7.4 x 7.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2320054

Photograph of Stonehenge with sheep in the foreground. In the centre a man stands leans against one of the stones. A cart stands on the right.

This photograph is a later carbon copy which is a process that is less susceptible to light damage, unlike the original albumen that was prone to fading over time.
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

  • 7.4 x 7.3 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
          • England
            • Wiltshire [England]
              • Salisbury Plain [Wiltshire]
                • Stonehenge [Salisbury Plain]
    • Archaeology
      • Prehistory
        • Prehistoric stone monuments
    • History
      • History of Europe
        • History of England & Great Britain
          • England & Great Britain-History (Prehistory, Roman & Anglo-Saxon period)
        • General medieval and modern history (European history)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Sheep
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Vehicles
          • Simple transport
            • Carts