About this artwork
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artist:George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893) Scottish
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title:The Lawnmarket, Edinburgh (reproduction)
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date created:About 1880
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materials:Reproductive print (calotype)
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measurements:16.40 x 24.00 cm
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object type:
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accession number:P 7904
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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...