Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography
AFTER? WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)
Ballater
1869 copy of an original of 1854Albumen print | 17.3 x 19.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906051
Photograph of Ballater in Aberdeenshire with the river Dee in the foreground over which is a metal bridge. A group of dwellings stand on the banks of the river in the middle ground with hills in the background. Re-printed in albumen by William Bambridge in 1869.
The old wooden bridge in Ballater that dated from c. 1834 and that appears in this photograph was replaced with a stone bridge, designed by the engineers Jenkins and Marr. It was opened in 1885 by Queen Victoria.
The old wooden bridge in Ballater that dated from c. 1834 and that appears in this photograph was replaced with a stone bridge, designed by the engineers Jenkins and Marr. It was opened in 1885 by Queen Victoria.
Creator(s)
After? Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)
After George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
William Bambridge (1819-79) (photographer)
17.3 x 19.9 cm (image)
- From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Ballater [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of Scotland
- River Dee [Aberdeen]
- Rivers of Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Bridges
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places