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

    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Falls of Corrymulzie, Braemar.

    c. 1859

    Albumen print | 7.6 x 6.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2320012

    Photograph of Corriemulzie waterfall with a stone bridge at the top of the picture. Dense trees flank either side of the falls.

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    • 7.6 x 6.9 cm (image)

      17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)

    • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort between 1860 and 1861

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Corriemulzie
                • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
          • Rivers of northern Europe
            • Rivers of Scotland
              • River Dee [Aberdeen]
      • Geography
        • Physiography
          • Waterfalls
          • Rivers
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Secular architecture
            • Bridges
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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