George Washington Wilson
Trossachs Hotel and Ben Venue
About this artwork
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artist:George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893) Scottish
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title:Trossachs Hotel and Ben Venue
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date created:13 June 1878
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:11.60 x 19.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1999
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accession number:PGP 237.60 A
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George Washington Wilson
George Washington Wilson
A hugely successful businessman, George Washington Wilson had left home at twelve to be a carpenter and subsequently trained as a portrait painter before turning to photography in 1853. By the 1860s he owned printing works in Aberdeen that produced thousands of prints with views from all over...