Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
The Bed of the Garr-valt, Braemar.
1859Albumen print | 7.5 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320008
Photograph of the Garr-Valt, near Braemar, running underneath a wooden footbridge that can be seen in the background, spanning the river. Boulders intersperse the water and trees flank the river banks. A man stands on the footbridge.
This photograph was reviewed in the British Journal of Photography on the 15th January 1860 and was probably taken in the autumn of 1859.
This photograph was reviewed in the British Journal of Photography on the 15th January 1860 and was probably taken in the autumn of 1859.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
7.5 x 7.2 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]
- Braemar [Aberdeenshire]
- Garbh Allt Falls [Balmoral Estate]
- Braemar [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Dee [Aberdeen]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Waterfalls
- Rivers
- Physiography
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Bridges
- Footbridges
- Bridges
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places