Victoria commissioned works that memorialised her beloved husband
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Craigievar Castle 1870
Albumen print | 9.0 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2620067
Photograph of Craigievar Castle built in the style of a tower house with turrets on the upper corners of the building. A drive leads up to the entrance from the right. A small, circular building with a tiled roof in the shape of a cone, stands in the left of the foreground. Trees in the background.
Craigievar Castle was constructed in 1626 by William Forbes who was a successful merchant. It remained in the Forbes family until it was bequeathed to the National Trust in Scotland during the early 1960's.
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Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
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9.0 x 5.8 cm (image)
17.5 x 13.2 cm (whole object)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Cragievar Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Castles
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- visual works
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