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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)

The Church of Crathie, Balmoral

c. 1860

Albumen print | 7.9 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2320223

Photograph of Crathie Church from the south west as glimpsed across fields with the church in the distance. A wooden fence stands on the left of the foreground. Behind the church is Creag a Chlamhain.

The Church in this photograph was constructed in 1803 and preceded the new church that was built in 1893.
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

  • 7.9 x 7.1 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)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Christian church architecture
            • Churches
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Creag a Chlamhain [Aberdeenshire]
    • Geography
      • Physiography
        • Mountains
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs