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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

      ATTRIBUTED TO WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)

      A photograph of the view from Craig Gowan

      Sep 1854

      Salted paper print | 22.3 x 29.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2140246

      Photograph of the view from Craig Gowan looking down the valley towards Abergeldie and Ballater. The photograph shows the River Dee with a sharp bend in the centre of the photograph.

      • Creator(s)

        Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)

      • annotation: View from Craig Gowan, looking down the valley towards Abergeldie & Ballater. Sept. 1854. [beneath work]

      • 22.3 x 29.2 cm (image)

        33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)

        35.7 x 47.5 x 2.4 cm (album)

      • Windsor Castle Etc

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • Scotland
                • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                  • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
                    • Craig Gowan
                  • Abergeldie [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Ballater [Aberdeenshire]
            • Rivers of northern Europe
              • Rivers of Scotland
                • River Dee [Aberdeen]
        • Geography
          • Physiography
            • Rivers
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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