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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 Tweed at Dryburgh

c. 1860

Albumen print | 7.1 x 7.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2320140

Photograph of the River Tweed with a tree standing on the right side and hills in the distance. In the centre of the middle ground, the solitary figure of a man can be seen fishing.

Dryburgh is an area in Berwickshire within the border region between England and Scotland.
  • Creator(s)

    George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

  • 7.1 x 7.0 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
        • Rivers of northern Europe
          • Rivers of Scotland
            • Tweed, River [Borders region]
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • The Borders [Scotland]
              • Dryburgh [Borders]
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Sports
        • Water sports
          • Fishing
    • Geography
      • Physiography
        • Rivers
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs