The Colonel's Bed. Glen Ey. Braemar

Photograph of a geographical feature comprising a chasm and a river. The photograph is framed on either side by sheer rock faces with water running through at the bottom. On the left is an over-hanging tree branch with ferns and indigenous plants. In the background, viewed through the gorge is a small cluster of trees on the banks of the river.

The Colonel's Bed was reputedly used as a hiding place during the first Jacobite Rebellion of 1715. This print is an example of the cabinet sized print that was Wilson introduced in conjunction with the publishers A Marion & Co in May 1862. The cabinet print allowed the public to buy single prints of landscapes that could then be pasted into albums.