George
Washington Wilson
(page
three)
Wilson made several journeys into England but his output is small compared with his Scottish views. It is interesting however to compare his treatment of well-known subjects such as Tintern Abbey with the work of Bedford and Sedgfield. One particular and important journey was made in 1860 when Wilson travelled all the way to Southampton via the West Country (almost 500 miles) to photograph the 'Great Eastern' lying at anchor in Southampton Water. This view is eagerly sought after and changes hands at up to $200.
No 295.
Exeter Cathedral - West Front.
Condition
8.
Order
#5911.
Price
$18.
No 296. The interior of Exeter
Cathedral - The Choir, looking West.
Condition 8.
Order #5913.
Price $18.
No 297.
Interior of Exeter Cathedral - The Choir looking East.
Condition
8 (slight surface dents).
Order
#5914.
Price
$18.
No 311. The Land's End, Cornwall.
Wilson only visited once and his work was hampered by sea mist.
Condition 8.
Order #5916.
Price $18.
No 313A.
HMS Impregnable - 104 guns - Guard-ship in Hamoaze.
Condition
7/8.
Order
#5918.
Price
$65.
'...It
was therefore especially fortunate that Wilson's visit to Plymouth in the
early summer of 1861 coincided with the Navy's testing of cannon. This
created a perfect opportunity for some lively photographs. The ship which
had been chosen to test Sir William Armstrong's rifled cannon was the HMS
Cambridge and throughout 1861 she was involved in proving the accuracy
and range that rifling gave the ordnance.
It
has been claimed that Wilson's position as photographer to the Queen influenced
the Navy to lay on a special demonstration of their fire power for his
photographic benefit. As the tests were already under way when Wilson arrived
in Plymouth, it is more likely that he used whatever influence he could
to get permission and cooperation from the Navy. Not only did he have to
get himself and his camera into a suitable position, but he also had to
have contact with the Cambridge in order to co-ordinate the sensitising
of his plates with the firing of the guns. In one of the several versions
a figure is clearly visible on the stern of the ship and perhaps it was
he who formed the necessary link between Wilson and the gunnery officer'.
No 317.
HMS 'Cambridge' in Hamoaze. Great-Gun Practice, A Broadside. Man
visible and waving on deck - see notes above.
Condition.
Images 8, mount discolored.
Order
#5920.
Price
$120.
This is a pirated Wilson view - quite good quality for once. It is from the group of 'Greenwich Pier' views which were numbered from #327 to #335.
Handwritten 'Thames at Greenwich'.
Condition 8.
Order #5923.
Price $10.
No 340.
Roslyn Chapel - North Front.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#5924.
Price
$18.
No 348.
Avenue of limes at Castle Strathspey.
Condition
9.
Order
#5926.
Price
$15.
No 362.
Interior of Roslyn Chapel - The Apprentice's Pillar.
Condition
9.
Order
#5927.
Price
$18.
No 363.
Interior of Roslyn Chapel.
Condition
9.
Order
#5928.
Price
$18.
No 365.
York Minster from S.E.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#5929.
Price
$18.
No 366.
York Minster - West Front. Probably Wilson's photographic carriage on the
right.
Condition.
An excellent and sharp view but foxing and other marks in sky area.
Order
#5930.
Price
$15.
No 366.
York Minster - West Front. Different view with people.
Condition
5.
Order
#5931.
Price
$8.
No 366A. York Minster, from
the South-West.
Condition. Excellent view
but very light spotting.
Order #5932.
Price $18.
No 370.
York Minster - The Nave, looking east.
Condition.
Slightly milky interior but images 9.
Order
#5933.
Price
$15.
No 371.
York Minster - The Choir looking east.
Condition
8.
Order
#5934.
Price
$18.
No 372. York Minster - The
Choir, looking East.
Condition 9.
Order #5935.
Price $18.
No 374.
York Minster - The Stone Screen.
Condition
8.
Order
#5936.
Price
$18.
No 379. Durham Cathedral from
the River side.
Condition 7/8 (vertical surface
scratch on right image).
Order #5937.
Price $15.
No 385.
Durham Cathedral. The Galilee.
Condition
9/10.
Order
#5939.
Price
$22.
No 387.
Peterborough Cathedral - West Front.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#5940.
Price
$22.
No 387.
Peterborough Cathedral - West Front. Variant with man standing
in centre ground.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#5941.
Price
$22.
No 388.
Peterborough Cathedral - The Nave.
Condition
8.
Order
#5942.
Price
$18.
No 390.
Peterbro' Cathedral - The Choir.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#5943.
Price
$18.
No 391.
Peterbro' Cathedral - Roof of the Choir.
Condition
9.
Order
#5944.
Price
$18.
No 392.
Peterbro' Cathedral - South Aisle of the Nave.
Condition
9.
Order
#5945.
Price
$22.
No 394.
Peterbro' Cathedral - The Lady Chapel.
Condition
8.
Order
#5946.
Price
$18.
No 396.
Westminster Abbey - The South Transept.
Condition
8.
Order
#5947.
Price
$18.
No 409.
Winchester Cathedral - Bishop Waynflete's Tomb, Lady Chapel.
Condition
8.
Order
#5949.
Price
$15.
No 435.
The Corrie of Loch-na-gar, Balmoral.
Condition
7.
Order
#6351.
Price
$15.
No 440. Balmoral Castle from
the South-East.
Condition 5 (grubby and moderately
faded).
Order #6352.
Price $5.
No 445. Windsor Castle - North
Terrace.
Condition 7/8.
Order #6354.
Price $18.
No 446.
Windsor Castle from the west. Blindstamp in Latin 'Esto quod videris' which
badly translated means 'Men should be what they seem' and initials - reversed
L and an R. Has an 1863 impressed watermark with part of a name in the
left image that I have seen before somewhere. Most unusual Wilson
view which would benefit from some research.
Condition.
Light (?tea) stains in sky on right image.
Order
#6355.
Price
$22.
No 451. Lincoln Cathedral -
The nave, looking West.
Condition 8.
Order #6357.
Price $15.
No 457.
St George's Chapel Windsor - The Choir.
Condition
9.
Order
#6358.
Price
$18.
No 458. St George's Chapel,
Windsor - The Queen's Gallery and Albert Memorial Window.
Condition 8/9. NOT TRIMMED.
Order #6359.
Price $18.
No 458. St George's Chapel,
Windsor - The Queen's Gallery and Albert Memorial Window. Variant.
Condition 7.
Order #6360.
Price $15.
No 460.
Beverley Minster - The Choir.
Condition
9.
Order
#6361.
Price
$18.
No 464.
Fountain at Holyrood.
Condition
7.
Order
#6362.
Price
$15.
No 466.
Lincoln Cathedral from the East.
Condition
9.
Order
#6364.
Price
$18.
No 467. Falls at the Braan
on the Rumbling Bridge.
Condition 9.
Order #6365.
Price $18.
No 470. Pass of Killikrankie,
looking down.
Condition 8 (slight marks
in sky).
Order #6366.
Price $18.
No 471. Pass of Killiecrankie,
looking towards Ben-y-gloe.
Condition 8.
Order #6367.
Price $18.
No 473. Pass of Killikrankie,
looking up.
Condition 8/9.
Order #6368.
Price $18.
No 473. Pass of Killikrankie,
looking up. Variant.
Condition 8.
Order #6369.
Price $18.
No 474. In the Pass of Killlicrankie.
Condition 8 (couple of slight
marks).
Order #6370.
Price $18.
No 475. Falls of the Tummel.
Condition 7/8 (slight sky
marks and one bent corner).
Order #6371.
Price $15.
No 476.
Falls of the Tummel.
Condition
7.
Order
#6372.
Price
$12.
No 478.
Blair Athole.
Condition
7.
Order
#6373.
Price
$15.
No 482. Lower Fall of the Fender,
Blair Athole.
Condition 8 but slight crease
across top of right image.
Order #6374.
Price $15.
No 483.
The Salmon Leap - on the Tilt, Blair Athole.
Condition
8.
Order
#6375.
Price
$18.
No 486. The Falls of Acharn,
Kenmore.
Condition 8.
Order #6376.
Price $15.
No 489. On the Dochart at Killin.
Condition 7 (light foxing
and a couple of surface scratches).
Order #6377.
Price $15.
No 508. Loch Tummel.
Condition 8/9 (some very slight
dents).
Order #6378.
Price $18.
No 510.
Ben Slioch, Loch Maree.
Condition
7.
Order
#6379.
Price
$12.
No 528. Melrose Abbey - The
East Window.
Condition 9.
Order #6380.
Price $18.
No 528. Melrose Abbey - The
East Window. An improved version with figure in middle ground.
Condition 9.
Order #14201.
Price $18.
No 530. Abbotsford - The Garden
Front. Wilson was criticized for an earlier view of Abbotsford in which
the formal gardens presented a too-rigid composition. This view was his
answer to his critics.
Condition 9 (tiny rust spot
on right image).
Order #14202.
Price $22.
No 549.
St George's Church, Doncaster.
Condition
8.
Order
#14203.
Price
$15.
No 551.
Interior of St George's Church, Doncaster.
Condition
8. NOT TRIMMED.
Order
#14204.
Price
$15.
No 552.
Interior of St George's Church, Doncaster.
Condition
7.
Order
#14205.
Price
$12.
No 571. Castle and Loch Cluny,
near Dunkeld.
Condition 8.
Order #14206.
Price $18.
No 571A.
Castle, and Lock Cluny, near Dunkeld.
Condition
8. NOT TRIMMED.
Order
#14207.
Price
$15.
No 573. Abbotsford - The Study.
Condition 9.
Order #14208.
Price $22.
No 575. Abbotsford - The Entrance
Hall.
Condition 8/9.
Order #14209.
Price $22.
No 575. Abbotsford - The Entrance
Hall. A totally different view to the previous one - looking the other
way down the room.
Condition 7.
Order #14210.
Price $15.
No 576. Abbotsford - Bust of
Scott by Chantray.
Condition 8.
Order #14211.
Price $15.
No 613. The Music Saloon, Scarborough.
A weird departure from Wilson's usual repertoire.
Condition 7 .
Order #14212.
Price $15.
No 616. Edinburgh Castle from
the Grassmarket.
Condition. Slight crease in
right image, otherwise 8.
Order #14213.
Price $22.
No 630.
Gloucester Cathedral - The Choir looking West.
Condition
8.
Order
#14214.
Price
$15.
No 633.
Gloucester Cathedral - Lady Chapel, looking West.
Condition
8.
Order
#14215.
Price
$15.
No 635.
Bishop Hooper's Monument - Gloucester.
Condition
8.
Order
#14216.
Price
$18.
No 636.
Wells Cathedral - The West Front.
Condition
9.
Order
#14217.
Price
$22.
No 639.
Wells Cathedral. The Nave looking west.
Condition
9.
Order
#14218.
Price
$18.
No 641.
Wells Cathedral. Choir looking east.
Condition
7/8.
Order
#14219.
Price
$15.
No 647. Wells Cathedral, from
the South-East.
Condition 7 (marks in sky).
Order #14220.
Price $12.
No 648.
Wells Cathedral - From the Bishop's Garden.
Condition
9.
Order
#14221.
Price
$22.
No 650.
Wells Cathedral - Roof of the Chapter House.
Condition
7 (some surface scratches).
Order
#14222.
Price
$15.
No 730. Ben Nevis from Banavie.
Excellent view.
Condition 7/8. NOT TRIMMED.
Order #14225.
Price $18.
No 763.
The Necropolis, Glasgow.
Condition
7/8 (marks in sky).
Order
#14226.
Price
$18.
No 769. The Queen's View. Pass
of Killikrankie.
Condition 7 (marks in sky).
Order #14227.
Price $15.
No 772. Rocks at the Soldier's
Leap, Killiecrankie.
Condition 8.
Order #14228.
Price $15.
No 775. Urrard House and the
Battlefiled of Killiecrankie.
Condition 8/9.
Order #14229.
Price $22.
No 795.
Glasgow Cathedral - The Choir. Clearer variant.
Condition
9 (very slight fault top dark area of r/h image).
Order
#14230.
Price
$18.
No 795.
Glasgow Cathedral - The Choir. An improved variant.
Condition
9.
Order
#14231.
Price
$18.
No 798.
Glasgow Cathedral - The Crypt.
Condition
8.
Order
#14232.
Price
$18.
No 802.
Glasgow - George's Square.
Condition
6 (surface marks).
Order
#14233.
Price
$12.
No 810.
Glasgow - The Broomielaw. Provenance: Sold on Ebay on October 12 2000 for
$107.50 - Item #460310280.
Condition
8.
Order
#14234.
Price
$120.
No 823.
The "Bonnie Doon" - Below the New Bridge.
Condition
8.
Order
#14235.
Price
$15.
No 830A. Loch Lomond, from
near Luss.
Condition. Moderate foxing
of both images. NOT timmed at top (scanner).
Order #14236.
Price $12.
No 834.
Loch Lomand, Swan Island, near Luss.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#14237.
Price
$18.
No 837. Loch Lomond and Ben
Lomond.
Condition 8 (light marks).
Order #14238.
Price $15.
No 849.
Abbotsford - Room in which Scott died. This is handwritten not printed.
Condition
8/9. NOT TRIMMED.
Order
#14239.
Price
$22.
No 853. Abbotsford - Statuette
of Scott.
Condition 7 (r/h corner of
mount broken).
Order #14240.
Price $15.
No 865.
Edinburgh - From the Castle.
Condition
8/9.
Order
#14242.
Price
$18.
No 872. Loch Katrine from the
Goblin's Cave.
Condition 7 (fairly spotty
sky).
Order #14243.
Price $12.
No 895. Glen Gyle. Rob Roy's
Country.
Condition 7.
Order #14244.
Price $15.
No 1086.
Lichfield Cathedral - West Front.
Condition.
Mount split thru center, not affecting images which are 7 (slightly grubby).
Order
#14247.
Price
$12.
No 1284.
Dunoon, on the Clyde.
Condition.
Yellow at top of left images is loss. NOT TRIMMED.
Order
#14250.
Price
$10.
No 1349.
Glasgow University.
Condition
7 (slightly light).
Order
#14251.
Price
$15.
