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 Colonel's Bed. Glen Ey. Braemar
c. 1866Albumen print | 23.9 x 16.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2082055
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.
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.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
23.9 x 16.6 cm (image)
29.6 x 24.1 cm (page dimensions)
Album of Views of Balmoral and Surroundings
Given to Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III by Queen Victoria, 28 October 1879
Subject(s)
- Geography
- Systematic geography
- Landscapes
- Physiography
- Gorges
- Rivers
- Systematic geography
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Glen Ey [Aberdeenshire]
- Colonel's Bed [Glen Ey]
- Glen Ey [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Dee [Aberdeen]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Geography
