Albert and Victoria’s collection shows photographers’ working methods
Unknown Person
Group of ghillies 1859
RCIN 2082942
Glass plate negative of a full-length portrait of four ghillies standing, facing towards the camera. They all pose with bundles of wood or reeds held over their shoulders. The ghillies are, from right to left, James Smith, W. A. Kennedy, T. Morgan and John Brown. Photograph taken at 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 2160080.
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Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
John Brown (1826-83)W A Kennedy (Balmoral Gillie)Morgan, T (Balmoral Gillie) -
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- visual works
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