DUMBARTON ROCK FROM THE WEST.
George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
119 x 195 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520692.19
Summary
A monochrome albumen print photograph by George Washington Wilson, depicting a view of Dumbarton Rock from the West. The print shows a rocky island with a house on it in the backgound, in the foreground a rowing boat is on the beach with a male figure looking into it. The print is mounted with broad paper borders. The corner shape is square. The photograph is photographically captioned from the negative: DUMBARTON ROCK FROM THE WEST. 450. G.W.W." in bottom middle. (Unable to decipher the first word).
Provenance
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