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

      ? JAMES VALENTINE (1815-79)

      Baile-na-Coille

      c.1860

      Albumen print | 13.0 x 20.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2140237

      Photograph of Bal-na-Coille, a house on the Balmoral estate, with hills in the background

      • Creator(s)

        ? James Valentine (1815-79) (photographer)

      • 13.0 x 20.9 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]
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Botany
            • Systematic botany
              • Grasses
                • Grass
              • Trees
        • Geography
          • Physiography
            • Hills
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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