IN THE SOUND OF KERRARA OBAN LOOKING SOUTH
George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
119 x 192 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520692.36
Summary
A monochrome albumen print photograph by George Washington Wilson, depicting a view in the Sound of Kerrera near Oban in Argyll and Bute looking south along the shoreline on which there are two small houses sited by the waters edge beneath crags. The print is mounted with broad paper borders. The corner shape is square. The photograph is photographically captioned from the negative: " IN THE OF KERRERA OBAN LOOKING SOUTH 1471 C.W.W.." in the 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