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Memorial works

Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband

    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

    The Dhuloch Avenue, Inverary

    1870

    Albumen print | 8.0 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2620052

    Photograph of an avenue of trees in Inveraray under which a man stands in left side profile 

    • Creator(s)

      George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    • 8.0 x 7.1 cm (image)

      17.5 x 13.2 cm (whole object)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Argyll and Bute [Scotland]
                • Inveraray [Scotland]
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Botany
          • Systematic botany
            • Trees
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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