Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)
View from Craig Gowan of the old and new houses at Balmoral
Sep 1854Glass plate negative | RCIN 2083973
Glass plate negative of a view taken from the top of Craig Gowan with the new Balmoral Castle behind and to the left of the old castle building. the foreground is dominated by trees with buildings scattered to the right and background of the old and new buildings.
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 2140230.
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 2140230.
Creator(s)
Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)
- From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Balmoral Castle (Old) [Aberdeenshire]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Craig Gowan
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Hills
- Physiography
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Places
