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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)

View of Quiraing, Isle of Skye

c.1880 after an c.1860 original

Carbon over albumen print | 7.4 x 7.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2320021

The Quiraing, meaning ‘round fold’, is a geological formation situated at the summit of Trotternish on the Isle of Skye. It is formed by a series of landslips, some of which are still moving. Wilson's skill in rendering the tonal gradations of distance are evident in this photograph and contributed to the three-dimensional effect when viewed as a stereoscopic photograph. Wilson probably took this photograph during his photographic tours of the Western Isles in 1860 or 1861. 


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