Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
Group portrait, Balmoral
29 - 29 Sep 1855Albumen print | 11.4 x 15.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2906608
Photograph of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Dr Andrew Robertson, Lieutenant General Charles Grey, Elizabeth, Duchess of Wellington, Sir Charles Phipps, Sir James Clark, M. de Henitze, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll and Beatrice Byng. The group stand beneath trees within the grounds of Balmoral.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70)Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (1820-1904)Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)Sir James Clark (1788-1870)George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900)Beatrice Eliza Christiana Catherine Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (1825-84)M De Henitze (active 1855)Dr Andrew Robertson (fl.1855-76)annotation: The same. - [See RCIN 2906607] [beneath photograph]
11.4 x 15.3 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Group, Balmoral, Sept 29 1855 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
