About this artwork
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artist:George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893) Scottish
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title:Ballater
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date created:After 1868
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materials:Albumen print carte de visite
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measurements:6.50 x 10.50 cm
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object type:
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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.02576.95
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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...
