La Abadía de Melrose es uno de los monumentos más importantes de Escocia.
La abadía de Melrose, ubicada en la ciudad de Melrose, en Escocia, es un monasterio fundado en el año 1136 por monjes pertenecientes a la Orden del Císter, a petición del rey David I, rey de Escocia. Hoy en día la abadía se encuentra bajo la tutela del organismo administrativo especializado Historic Scotland.
Estamos ante una de las arquitecturas más fotografiadas en su época y uno de los lugares también mas visitados hoy en Escocia
The exterior of this magnificent ruin is decorated by unusual sculptures, including hobgoblins, cooks with ladles and a bagpipe playing pig.
Melrose Abbey from S.E. Georges Washington Wilson
Melrose Abbey north transept and chancel G.W.W.
St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a part ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders.
It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks on the request of King David I of Scotland, and was the chief house of that order in the country, until the Reformation. It was headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Melrose. Today the abbey is maintained by Historic Scotland.
The east end of the abbey was completed in 1146. Other buildings in the complex were added over the next 50 years. The abbey was built in the Gothic manner, and in the form of a St. John's cross. A considerable portion of the abbey is now in ruins, though a structure dating from 1590 is maintained as a museum open to the public.
- Wikipedia. Georges Washington Wilson
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- Art Courtauld. Wilson
Excelente artículo en inglés que repasa la historia profesional de estos dos grandes estudios fotográficos con especial hincapié a los procedimientos de "marketing fotográfico de la época"
..................With a similar entrepreneurial spirit, in a bid to extend his initial portraits into the realm of greater production, Wilson had a stroke of marketing genius. In 1857 he created a montage of one-hundred and one of Aberdeen’s established middle class, identifying the who’s who of Aberdeen society, and simultaneously drawing attention to himself, to his clients and their elevated status. It sold extremely well, and in a single stroke this new promotion publicly cemented his relationship with existing clients while using their patronage and image as advertising, thus compelling other members of society, wishing for similar recognition, to visit his studio in the hopes of being included in the next year’s edition...........
Con unespíritu emprendedorsimilar,en un intento porextendersusretratosinicialesen el terreno deuna mayor producción,Wilsontuvo un golpe degenio del marketing.En1857 screóun montaje decieny una fotos de laclase mediaestablecidadeAberdeen,identificarel quién es quiénde la sociedadAberdeen,y al mismo tiempollamar la atención sobresí mismo,asusclientes y suelevado estatus.Se vendiómuy bien,yde un solo golpeesta nueva promocióncimentópúblicamente surelación con los clientesexistentesdurante el uso desu patrocinioy la imagen comola publicidad,por lo tantoobligara otrosmiembros de la sociedad, con el deseodereconocimiento similar,para visitar a suestudiocon la esperanzade serincluido enla edición delpróximo año...........
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Metropolitan Museum
George Washington Wilson
As the leading portrait photographer in Aberdeen, Scotland, Wilson had on file hundreds of negatives of the city’s professional elite. At the suggestion of his friend George Walker, a bookseller, Wilson cut out and pasted a selection of portrait heads in a tight oval, placing the largest and most important figures at the center; then he re-photographed the collage. Displayed in the window of Walker’s bookshop, the completed photomontage attracted immediate attention. Remarkably, some passersby did not realize that the photograph was composed of separate portraits, and Wilson and Walker received inquiries about “when & where all these people had been collected & photographed.”
Con unespíritu emprendedorsimilar,en un intento porextendersusretratosinicialesen el terreno deuna mayor producción,Wilsontuvo un golpe degenio del marketing.En1857 screóun montaje decieny una fotos de laclase mediaestablecidadeAberdeen,identificarel quién es quiénde la sociedadAberdeen,y al mismo tiempollamar la atención sobresí mismo,asusclientes y suelevado estatus.Se vendiómuy bien,yde un solo golpeesta nueva promocióncimentópúblicamente surelación con los clientesexistentesdurante el uso desu patrocinioy la imagen comola publicidad,por lo tantoobligara otrosmiembros de la sociedad, con el deseodereconocimiento similar,para visitar a suestudiocon la esperanzade serincluido enla edición delpróximo año...........
Metropolitan Museum
Aberdeen Portraits No. 1
George Washington Wilson
(British, Grampian (Baffshire), Scotland 1823–1893 Abedeen, Scotland)
Date: 1857
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 21.3 x 17.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.) Mount: 37.7 x 30 cm (14 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.) Frame: 43.2 x 35.6 cm (17 x 14 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2011
Accession Number: 2011.424
Como fotógrafode retrato principalenAberdeen, Escocia,Wilsontuvo enarchivoscientosde negativosdeélite profesionalde la ciudad.A sugerencia desu amigoGeorgeWalker,un librero,Wilsoncortary pegaruna selección decabezasretratodeun óvaloestrecho,colocandolasfigurasmás grandes e importantesen el centro;luegovolvió afotografiarelcollage.Se muestraen la ventanadela librería deWalker,elfotomontajecompletadoatrajoatención inmediata.Sorprendentemente,algunostranseúntesno se dieron cuentade que lafotografía fuecompuesta porretratosseparados,yWilsonyWalkerrecibieronconsultassobre"cuando y dondetodas estaspersonas habíansido recogidosyfotografiados."
- University of AberdeenOn line Collection
The George Washington Wilson and Co. Photographic Collection
The George Washington Wilson and Co. photographic collection consists of over 37,000 glass plate negatives, produced by the Aberdeen firm between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century
The George Washington Wilson and Co. photographic collection consists of over 37,000 glass plate negatives, produced by the Aberdeen firm between the second half of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century
His patronage by the Royal Family during their visits to the Balmoral Estates began in 1854 when he was invited to take photographs of the Royal family in the grounds of Balmoral
He received the official appointment of Photographer Royal for Scotland in 1860 and his relationship with the Royal family continued throughout his career
- Recordemos que la Universidad de Aberdeen conserva el archivo de este fotógrafo y que está disponible la opción de compra de sus fotos.
si utilizamos el motor de búsqueda con el término Spain aparecen 245 fotos que corresponden a diferentes ciudades de España.
- Retrato y Paisaje en la Fotografía del Siglo XIX Incluye fotografías de Georges W. Wilson
- Georges Washington Wilson Edin Photo. Biography and exhibitions :
George Washington Wilson exhibited his photos in these early exhibitions:
- 1855: British Association, Glasgow
- 1856: Edinburgh Photographic Society
- 1857: Art Treasures, Manchester
- 1858: Edinburgh Photographic Society
- 1859: British Association, Glasgow
- 1859: Glasgow Photographic Society
- 1861: London Photographic Society
- 1862: London International Exhibition
- Photographs of George Washington Wilson can be seen in Harvard Art Museum
- Luminous Lint Georges W. Wilson
Wilson went on to build up a substantial business as a publisher of topographic views, principally of Scotland, where he travelled to Braemar, the Trossachs, the Falls of Clyde and many of the wilder parts of Scotland. His English output is small compared with his Scottish views, but Wilson made several journeys into England.
- Getty Edu Wilson, Georges Washington
Born 7 February 1823; died 9 March 1893.
By 1880 he had established the largest publishing company of topographical views in Britain called "G.W. Wilson & Co.".
- Álbum de Georges Washington Wilson Scottish Scenary en Gallica
- [Recueil.] Scottish Scenery / G. W. Wilson
[Recueil.] Scottish Scenery / G. W. Wilson
Source: gallica.bnf.fr