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Glass plate negatives

Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods

      ATTRIBUTED TO? WILSON & HAY (ACTIVE 1853-55)

      View from the Moss House on Craig Gowan looking towards Abergeldie

      Sep 1854

      Glass plate negative | RCIN 2083971

      Glass plate negative of a view towards Abergeldie in Aberdeenshire from the high vantage point of Craig Gowan with trees on either side and hills in the distance.

      The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. 

      • Creator(s)

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

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • Scotland
                • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                  • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Abergeldie [Aberdeenshire]
          • Physiography
            • Hills
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Botany
            • Systematic botany
              • Trees
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