A photographic album containing 37 mounted photographs by George Washington Wilson.
George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Leather, Card, Paper
Measurements
Album 240 x 320 x 45 mm
Place of origin
Aberdeen
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520692
Summary
A photographic album bound in green leather with black inlay and gold tooling, green leather spine with raised bands and gold tooling; all pages have gilt edges. The album contains 37 mounted photographs of Scotland. The photographs are all albumen prints. The album includes a variey of views, subjects and sizes in landscape of buildings and scenic views by George Washington Wilson. There are 37 pages of photographs secured to only one side of the boards and have broad borders. The number 2135 and the words "37 photos by GWW" appear in the top left of the front end paper
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of 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