Loch Katrine - The Trossachs' Pier c. 1862
Albumen print | 7.4 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2320202
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Photograph of Loch Katrine with a pier covered by a thatched roof, supported on wooden poles. On the shoreline in the background, stands a similar building with a thatched roof. In the background are crags covered in foliage and in the foreground, a rocky shore.
Sir Walter Scott immortalised Loch Katrine and the Trossachs in the Scottish Highlands by setting his popular poem the Lady of the Lake written in 1810 in the area, which served to increase the region's popularity as a tourist destinationProvenance
From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort between 1860 and 1861
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Albumen print
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7.4 x 7.1 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
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