Glass plate negatives
Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
View from the West side of Balmoral Castle looking up the valley
Sep 185425.0 x 30.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2079404
Glass plate negative showing the view from the west side of Balmoral Castle looking up the valley with the gardens in the foreground. On the right is a large statue of a stag.
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 2140238.
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 2140238.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
25.0 x 30.5 cm (whole object)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Places
