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Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him

Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)

The old and new house at Balmoral Sep 1854

Albumen print | 16.1 x 21.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2140231

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Photograph of the old and new houses at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire. The older building stands in front of the new building. The foreground is dominated by trees and a hill stands in the centre of the background.
  • Creator(s)

    Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)

  • 16.1 x 21.6 cm (image)

    33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
    Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
              • Balmoral Castle (Old) [Aberdeenshire]
      • Physiography
        • Hills
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees