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      ATTRIBUTED TO? GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

      Balmoral Castle from the River Dee

      c. 1859

      Stereoscopic albumen print | 8.4 x 17.1 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418496

      Stereograph of a view of Balmoral Castle from the south east with the River Dee running in front of the castle. Tees in the foreground and hills in the background.  

      • Creator(s)

        Attributed to? George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

      • 8.4 x 17.1 cm (whole object)

      • ?Commissioned by Queen Victoria

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • Scotland
                • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                  • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
            • Rivers of northern Europe
              • Rivers of Scotland
                • River Dee [Aberdeen]
        • Geography
          • Physiography
            • Rivers
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
              • stereographs
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