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

      ATTRIBUTED TO? ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

      Looking up the Valley towards Braemar

      c. 1854

      Salted paper print | 22.3 x 28.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2140243

      Photograph of a panoramic view looking up through the valley towards Braemar. The tops of trees can be seen in the left of the foreground. There are hills in the background.

      • Creator(s)

        Attributed to? Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Great Britain

      • 22.3 x 28.6 cm (image)

        33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)

      • Windsor Castle Etc.

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • Scotland
                • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                  • Braemar [Aberdeenshire]
        • Geography
          • Physiography
            • Hills
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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