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 Linn of Dee, Braemar
c. 1860Albumen print | 7.6 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320153
Photograph of a bridge in the background as viewed through two trees that frame the image. In the foreground, a man is seated in left side profile on a rock at the edge of a stream.
The Linn of Dee is a popular beauty spot and is situated on the fringes of the Cairngorm National Park. Queen Victoria used to enjoy visiting the region and opened the new bridge that traverses the River Dee in 1857.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Great Britain7.6 x 7.2 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
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Linn of Dee [Aberdeenshire]
- Braemar [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Dee [Aberdeen]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Bridges
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
