About this artwork
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artist:George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893) Scottish
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title:The Lord High Commissioners Procession, Edinburgh
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Lantern slide
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measurements:6.90 x 7.00 cm (image size); 8.10 x 8.10 cm (overall)
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object type:
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credit line:Edinburgh Photographic Society Collection, gifted 1987
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accession number:PGP EPS 391.17
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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...
