Born 7 February 1823; died 9 March 1893. In 1857 Wilson first began to photograph war ships. In 1859 he photographed scenes of Edinburgh and called them "Scottish Gems." In 1860 Wilson was appointed photographer to Queen Victoria in Scotland. In 1862-1864 Wilson contributed to the illustration of 'Ruined Abbeys & Castles of Great Britain & Ireland.' Wilson was a founding member in 1863 of the Liverpool Amateur Photographic Association. By 1880 he had established the largest publishing company of topographical views in Britain called "G.W. Wilson & Co.".

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G. W. Wilson

Biography

Artworks

Aberdeen Portraits No. 1

Bonnington Falls, on the Clyde

Worcester Cathedral - The Choir

The Witches' Rock, on the Tilt

Abbotsford - The Hall

Edinburgh, from the Calton Hill

Clamshell Cave, Staffa

Bit in the Trossachs

Elgin Cathedral - transept and Towers

Loch Katrine, looking West

Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine

Dryburgh Abbey - Tomb of Sir Walter Scott

Windsor Castle - The North Terrace

Glasgow - View on the Clyde

Holyrood Palace

Rothesay Pier - Island of Bute

Balmoral Castle

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