(en) Vintage photography Georges W. Wilson. View of Edinburgh. 1880
View of the city of Edinburgh from the castle. In the center of the photo we can see the "Scott Monument" in Princess St.This is one of the many views that the photographer Georges Wilson took the city of Edinburgh, part of which he collected throughout Scotland.
In the present case this is part of a photo album entitled "Scottish Scenery" bought from a shop in Madrid.
The Wilson's cityscapes were sold worldwide since it was one of the most important studies in England in mid-nineteenth century.Wilson photographied not only the UK but also Spain, South Africa.
Links
- Wikipedia Edinburgh
- Wikipedia Georges W. Wilson
- Full album
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- Wikipedia. Georges Washington Wilson
- Archivo Wilson Aberdeen
- Exposiciones virtuales Andaluces y Marroquies
- Wilson en Harvard Collections
- Art Courtauld. Wilson
Excelente
artículo en inglés que repasa la historia profesional de estos dos
grandes estudios fotográficos con especial hincapié a los procedimientos
de "marketing fotográfico de la época"
..................With a similar
entrepreneurial spirit, in a bid to extend his initial portraits into the realm
of greater production, Wilson
had a stroke of marketing genius. In 1857 he created a montage of one-hundred
and one of Aberdeen’s established middle class,
identifying the who’s who of Aberdeen
society, and simultaneously drawing attention to himself, to his clients and
their elevated status. It sold extremely well, and in a single stroke this new
promotion publicly cemented his relationship with existing clients while using
their patronage and image as advertising, thus compelling other members of
society, wishing for similar recognition, to visit his studio in the hopes of
being included in the next year’s edition...........
- University of Aberdeen On line Collection
The George Washington Wilson and
Co. Photographic Collection
The George Washington Wilson and Co. photographic collection consists of over 37,000 glass plate negatives, produced by the Aberdeen firm between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century
The George Washington Wilson and Co. photographic collection consists of over 37,000 glass plate negatives, produced by the Aberdeen firm between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century
His patronage by the Royal Family during their
visits to the Balmoral Estates began in 1854 when he was invited to take
photographs of the Royal family in the grounds of Balmoral
He received the official appointment of
Photographer Royal for Scotland
in 1860 and his relationship with the Royal family continued throughout his
career
- Retrato y Paisaje en la Fotografía del Siglo XIX Incluye fotografías de Georges W. Wilson
- Georges Washington Wilson Edin Photo. Biography and exhibitions :
George
Washington Wilson
exhibited his photos in these early exhibitions:
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1855: British Association, Glasgow
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1856: Edinburgh
Photographic Society
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1857: Art Treasures, Manchester
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1858: Edinburgh
Photographic Society
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1859: British Association, Glasgow
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1859: Glasgow
Photographic Society
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1861: London
Photographic Society
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1862: London
International Exhibition
- Photographs of George Washington Wilson can be seen in Harvard Art Museum
- Luminous Lint Georges W. Wilson
Wilson went on to build up a substantial
business as a publisher of topographic views, principally of Scotland, where he
travelled to Braemar, the Trossachs, the Falls of Clyde and many of the wilder
parts of Scotland. His English output is small compared with his Scottish
views, but Wilson made several journeys into England.
- Getty Edu Wilson, Georges Washington
Born 7 February 1823; died 9 March
1893.
By 1880 he had established the
largest publishing company of topographical views in Britain called "G.W. Wilson
& Co.".
- Álbum de Georges Washington Wilson Scottish Scenary en Gallica
- [Recueil.] Scottish Scenery / G. W. Wilson
[Recueil.] Scottish Scenery / G. W. Wilson
Source: gallica.bnf.fr