Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
The Castle of Braemar
c. 1857Albumen print | 19.2 x 24.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2160047
Photograph of a view of the Castle of Braemar, shown in the distant background. The castle is surrounded by trees. The River Dee flows towards the viewer with a boulder in the centre separating the passage of water. In the foreground stands a stone wall and gate. In the middle ground, on the far left, stands a person looking at the river. There are fields and hills in the distant background, behind the castle.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Great Britain19.2 x 24.5 cm (image)
28.3 x 36.6 cm (page dimensions)
Castle of Braemar - 1857 [Album: Balmoral 1856-61]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Braemar [Aberdeenshire]
- Braemar Castle
- Braemar [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Dee [Aberdeen]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
