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Photographs 1842-61

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AFTER DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)

Balmoral Castle, Back-side

c.1892 copy after an 1852 original

Carbon print | 9.6 x 20.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2905908

Photograph of the rear of Balmoral Castle, Deeside, photographed prior to the construction of the new Balmoral Castle in 1853. Towers with turrets and some crenallations are visible on the right of the photograph.

  • Creator(s)

    After Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • 9.6 x 20.2 cm (image)

  • Collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Scotland
            • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
              • Balmoral Castle (Old) [Aberdeenshire]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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