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 2079405
Glass plate negative of the west side of Balmoral Castle with the gardens in the foreground. Trees stand on both the left and the right side. Hills in the background.
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 2140239.
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 2140239.
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
