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    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Photographs. Views. Volume 1.

    1860-61

    Leather bound volume with albumen and carbon prints | 18.0 x 3.0 x 14.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 2320000

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

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      Prince Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-61) (compiler)

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      Prince Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-61) (royal creator)

      Tuckett (binder)

    • 18.0 x 3.0 x 14.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))

    • Photographs : views ; vol.I. [spine title]

    • Photograph album compiled by Albert, Prince Consort between 1860 and 1861

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