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George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Group including Ernst Becker, Balmoral 29 - 29 Sep 1855
Collodion negative | RCIN 2084358
Glass plate negative of a full-length group portrait, showing, from left to right: Lieutenant General Charles Grey (1804-70); Elizabeth, Duchess of Wellington (1820-1904); M. de Henitze; Sir Charles Phipps (1801-66); Sir James Clark (1788-1870); Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88); George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900); Dr Andrew Robertson and Beatrice Byng (1825-84). The group stand beneath trees within the grounds of Balmoral.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this negative exists in the Collection, RCIN 2906607.
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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)Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)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) -
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- visual works
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