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Memorial works

Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband

AFTER GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

Firs at the Linn of Dee - Braemar

1883 after an 1866 original

Carbon print | 8.8 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2620030

Photograph of two fir trees standing side by side on a piece of ground that slopes up towards the right. More trees stand in the background.

This photograph is a later carbon copy of the original albumen photograph. Carbon was a process that was less susceptible to fading, unlike an albumen print that is prone to discolouration over time.

  • Creator(s)

    After George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (photographer)

  • 8.8 x 5.6 cm (image)

    17.5 x 13.2 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Linn of Dee [Aberdeenshire]
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
            • Firs
            • Coniferous trees