Stereoscopic photograph of the entrance to Fingal's Cave, Staffa in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. Standing on the right of the cave entrance are two men; one with his back to the viewer and another who stands in left side profile. Like the Giant's Caus

The wildest districts of Scotland

George Washington Wilson produced some of the first photographic souvenirs of Scotland

    GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823–93)

    Cathedral and St Martin's Cross, Iona

    1859

    Stereoscopic albumen print | 7.5 x 6.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2514410

    It is tempting to speculate that the man with his back to the viewer in this photograph could be George Walker, Wilson’s companion during his visits to the island in 1860 and 1861.

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