The Royal Academy and Scott's Monument, Edinburgh.
George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893)
Category
Photographs
Date
1865 - 1875
Materials
Card
Measurements
card size 85 x 174 mm
Place of origin
Aberdeenshire
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520468
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting the Royal Academy and Scott's Monument, Edinburgh, viewed from the South-West. The print is mounted on heavy yellow card. Recto: A rectanular card with two rectangular images with a 1mm gap Verso: White card with a pale blue note adhered to the card. Printed in black ink: Edinburgh - Royal Academy and Scott's Monument, from South-West. No. 119. Registered. G.W. Wilson, Photographer, Aberdeen.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from the British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of the BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.
Makers and roles
George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893), photographer