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      ATTRIBUTED TO WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)

      Old Balmoral Castle

      Sep 1854

      Salted paper print | 33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2140208

      Photograph of Old Balmoral Castle from the south-east

      • Creator(s)

        Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)

      • 33.9 x 46.1 cm (page dimensions)

        14.7 x 20.3 cm (image)

        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 (Old) [Aberdeenshire]
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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