The wildest districts of Scotland
George Washington Wilson produced some of the first photographic souvenirs of Scotland
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823–93)
Fingal's Cave, Staffa
1859Albumen print | 10.0 x 7.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2950725
This is another version of a photograph of the entrance to Fingal’s Cave, with the presence of two figures included to give a sense of scale. This photograph was part of a portfolio of 42 photographs that were taken and published by Wilson to illustrate Queen Victoria’s reminiscences of her visits to Scotland, Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands. On 19 August 1847, Queen Victoria visited Fingal’s Cave and wrote in her journal:
it was the first time the British Standard with a Queen of Great Britain, and her husband and children, had ever entered Fingal’s Cave, and the men gave three cheers, which sounded very impressive there
Queen Victoria's journal
