Melrose Abbey, North Transcept and Chancel, Roxburghshire, Scotland
George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
121 x 195 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520692.13
Summary
A monochrome albumen print photograph by George Washington Wilson, depicting a view of Melrose Abbey, North Transcept and Chancel, Roxburghshire, Scotland. The view of the Abbey is taken from the interior. The print is mounted with broad paper borders. The corner shape is square. The photograph is photographically captioned from the negative: " Melrose Abbey, North Transcept and Chancel. 418. G.W.W" in bottom centre.
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