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    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    Glen Ey, Braemar

    c. 1880 after an c. 1859 original

    Carbon print | 7.8 x 7.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2320013

    Photograph of a high view of a river running through Glen Ey, in the west mounth near Braemar, with high cliffs on the right and trees on the left.

    This photograph is a copy made in carbon which is a process less susceptible to light damage over time. It is used in place of the original albumen photograph.

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    • 7.8 x 7.4 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]
                • Glen Ey [Aberdeenshire]
          • Rivers of northern Europe
            • Rivers of Scotland
              • River Dee [Aberdeen]
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Botany
          • Systematic botany
            • Trees
      • Geography
        • Physiography
          • Rivers
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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