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

    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Photographs. Views. Volume 5.

    c. 1863-83

    Leather album containing albumen prints | 18.0 x 4.0 x 14.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 2620000

    Photograph album bound in brown leather with gold tooling on the front cover. Containing 68 albumen photographs (RCINs 2620001-68) of views taken in Scotland.

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

      Tuckett (binder)

    • 18.0 x 4.0 x 14.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))

    • Photographs. Views [of Scotland]; vol.5.

    • Acquired by Queen VIctoria

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Photography
          • Photographs
            • Photograph albums
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
      • Geography
        • Systematic geography
          • Landscapes
      Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • books
            • book: full leather bound
              • book: full leather bound in morocco
                • book: full leather bound in red morocco
                  • book: full leather bound in maroon morocco
            • book: binding
              • book: binding with gold tooling
            • book: all edges gilt
            • book: doublures
              • book: silk doublures
        • visual works
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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