About this artwork
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artists:Unknown, Elliott and FryEnglish, George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893) Scottish, James Valentine (1815 - 1879) Scottish, John Moffat (1819 - 1894) Scottish, Peter Ewing (1819 - 1900) , Thomas Jackson BonneScottish
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title:Resa Skotland
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date created:1871
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materials:Albumen prints and cartes-de-visite in album
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measurements:31.00 x 43.50 x 3.50 cm
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credit line:The MacKinnon Collection. Acquired jointly with the National Library of Scotland with assistance from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government and Art Fund
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accession number:MMK.01255
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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...