About this artwork
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artist:George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893) Scottish
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title:Edinburgh Castle from Johnstone Terrace
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:26.1 x 34.5 cm (image: 16.2 x 24 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
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accession number:PGP R 237
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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...