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      ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

      Front view of new Balmoral Castle

      Sep 1855

      Salted paper print | 22.2 x 27.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2140233

      Photograph showing the front view of Balmoral Castle with the driveway curving towards the front entrance of the new Castle. Hills and trees in the background.

      • Creator(s)

        Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

      • 22.2 x 27.8 cm (image)

        33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)

        35.7 x 47.5 x 2.4 cm (album)

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • Scotland
                • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                  • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Botany
            • Systematic botany
              • Grasses
                • Grass
        • Geography
          • Physiography
            • Hills
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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