George Washington Wilson
(1823-1893), PhotographerArtist of 22 portraits
Began his career as a portrait miniature painter, but started using photography in the late 1840s. By 1852, he was offering his sitters a photographic alternative to the painted portrait. In 1853 John Hay and Wilson established the partnership of Wilson and Hay, Photographers. This partnership was short-lived, but secured the important patronage of Queen Victoria, who commissioned them to make a record of the building of Balmoral Castle. Wilson first photographed the Queen in 1855. He went on to pioneer techniques for photography outside of the studio and the mass production of photographic prints. At the time of his death his photographic business was estimated to be the largest in Britain.
'Stag shot by the Prince on Corrie-Buie, October 5th 1854'
by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1854
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1854
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John H Macdonald and the Stag shot by the Prince
by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1854
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The old gardener Simpson....and his wife
by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1854
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Donald Stewart and the same Stag
by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1854
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1857
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Mary Symons; Victoria-Alice Symons
by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1857
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1857
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Mr MacDonald and the stag shot by the Prince in Corrie Buie on 5 October
by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1858
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1858
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1860
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1861
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John Grant, Mrs Grant & their Children, 1861
by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1861
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Mrs Donald Stewart and her children
by George Washington Wilson
albumen print, 1861
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
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by George Washington Wilson
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
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