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)

    The "Street", Iona

    c.1860

    Albumen print | 7.6 x 6.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2320181

    This photograph is taken from one half of a stereoscopic negative and was originally intended to be viewed as a three-dimensional image. This row of cottages would have been one of the first sights of the town for passengers disembarking from the ferry. For foreground interest, Wilson has framed two figures by a rowing boat.

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