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LL/103088
James Scott (63 Frederick St., Edinburgh)
Bryce McMurdo Ranken, holding a telescope
1845 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate oversized
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/103088 [Further details available]

1 of 41
LL/68192
Unidentified photographer
Calton Hill, Edinburgh, with Calton Jail in the middle distance
n.d.
Daguerreotype
 
National Museums Scotland
Museum reference: T.1938.104
 
LL/68192

2 of 41
LL/31323
Henry Fox Talbot
Melrose Abbey, Scotland
[Sun Pictures in Scotland]
1844
Salt print, from calotype negative
 
Private collection of John Hannavy
 
LL/31323

3 of 41
LL/73186
Henry Fox Talbot
Melrose Abbey
1844, 1 October
Waxed paper negative
7.6 x 10.5 cm
 
National Science and Media Museum
Matilda Talbot 1934, Object owner number: 1937-1307, Schaaf no. 2810
 
LL/73186

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LL/53065
Henry Fox Talbot
Melrose Abbey
1844, October
Salt print, from calotype negative
15.2 x 21.6 cm (image) 18.7 x 22.5 cm (paper)
 
Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc.
 
LL/53065

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LL/82205
Henry Fox Talbot
22. Melrose Abbey.
[Sun Pictures in Scotland]
n.d.
Salted Paper Print
10.1 x 8.3 cm
 
National Science and Media Museum
1937-1361/2, Schaaf no. 2795
 
LL/82205 [Further details available]

6 of 41
LL/82052
Thomas Keith [Attributed to]
Covenanters' Monument, Greyfriars
1853-1856
Waxed paper negative
 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Photography: The First 150 Years, 9 March 2018, Lot: 231
 
LL/82052

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LL/82053
Thomas Keith [Attributed to]
Tomb of Thomas McCrie, Greyfriars
1853-1856
Waxed paper negative
 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Photography: The First 150 Years, 9 March 2018, Lot: 231
 
LL/82053

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LL/96293
Horatio Ross
Fir trees on the banks of Dornoch Firth Between Ardgay Fern
1850s
Waxed paper negative
27.9 x 35.2 cm
 
Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc.
 
LL/96293

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LL/65824
George Washington Wilson
Melrose Abbey, from the Southwest
1862
Albumen print
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/65824 [Further details available]

10 of 41
LL/45308
Hill & Adamson
The Scott Monument under Construction
1843
Calotype print, medium
20.1 x 14.9 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Accession no. PGP HA 424
 
LL/45308

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LL/35623
Hill & Adamson
John Ban Mackenzie
1843 (ca)
Salted paper print
20.9 x 14.5 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Record Id: 1968:0064:0027
 
LL/35623

12 of 41
LL/75199
Hill & Adamson
Seated man looking at framed image on table
1843 (ca)
Salted paper print
12.0 x 15.3 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1981.2396.0022
 
LL/75199

13 of 41
LL/77135
Hill & Adamson
David Octavius Hill
1843 (taken, later print)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Henri van der Tol
 
LL/77135

14 of 41
LL/77134
Hill & Adamson
Robert Adamson
1843 (taken, later print)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Henri van der Tol
 
LL/77134

15 of 41
LL/57536
Hill & Adamson
D.O. Hill and his Nieces at the Tomb of Sir Robert Dennistoun of Mountjoy, Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh
1843 - 1846, 26 July (ca)
Salted paper print
21 x 16 cm
 
National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Inventory no: 31143
 
LL/57536

16 of 41
LL/96495
John Urie
[Unidentified bearded man, holding an umbrella, standing]
1862-1865
Carte de visite
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
84.XD.1157.330
 
LL/96495

17 of 41
LL/49519
Cosmo Nelson Innes
View of Inverness showing bridge (washed away in January 1849) over River Ness and Inverness Castle
[Album of the Edinburgh Calotype Club, vol. 1]
n.d.
Calotype
15 x 11.3 cm
 
National Library of Scotland
Shelfmark: Phot.med.33
 
LL/49519

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LL/50682
Hill & Adamson
[The General Assembly Hall of the Free Church, Edinburgh, during construction]
1844, 9 September
Salted paper print, from paper negative
38.6 x 28.9 cm (15 3/16 x 11 3/8 in)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object number: 84.XP.368.2
 
LL/50682

19 of 41
LL/35631
Hill & Adamson
Newhaven
1845 (ca)
Salted paper print
18.6 x 13.8 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Record Id: 1976:0288:0103
 
LL/35631

20 of 41
LL/85900
William Donaldson Clark
Loch Alsh
n.d.
Albumen print
20.80 x 27.30 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Purchased 1992, Accession number: PGP 52.2
 
LL/85900

21 of 41
LL/77767
Unidentified photographer
Glasgow Cathedral & High Street
1858 (ca)
Ambrotype, original frame
17.5 x 16.75 ins (image) 19.5 x 19 ins (frame)
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/77767 [Further details available]

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LL/114883
George Washington Wilson
Aangemeerde stoomboot op Loch Lomond / Loch Lomond- The Steamer at Luss Pier. (title on object)
1850-1888 (ca)
Stereoview
 
Rijksmuseum
Object number: RP-F-F07816
 
LL/114883 [Further details available]

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LL/41020
Archibald Burns
Canongate Tolbooth
1868
Photographic print
10.6 x 8.6 cm
 
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services
Library Item, 9536
 
LL/41020 [Further details available]

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LL/12227
Thomas Annan
19 Tontine Building, Trongate
[The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow (1900 edition)]
1868
Photogravure
19.1 x 23.7 cm
 
Photoseed
Photograph courtesy PhotoSeed.com
 
LL/12227 [Further details available]

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LL/85916
Thomas Annan
Book cover for Thomas Annan, Memorials of The Old College of Glasgow
n.d.
Book cover
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985, Accession number: PGP R 2115
 
LL/85916

26 of 41
LL/85964
George Washington Wilson
Dunstaffnage Castle and Loch Etive
n.d.
Albumen print
16.50 x 23.80 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Given by Mrs J. Notman, 1990, Accession number: PGP 71.16
 
LL/85964

27 of 41
LL/111848
Unidentified photographer
"Have your Picture Taken in the Automobile" - Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
1910 (ca)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111848

28 of 41
LL/111841
George Washington Wilson
Pass of Killiecrannkie from Old Bridge of Garry
1870 (ca)
Albumen print
7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2016.1210
 
LL/111841

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LL/111842
Thomas Annan
Bonnington Linn, Scotland
1867
Albumen print
3 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2017.580
 
LL/111842

30 of 41
LL/85917
Thomas Annan
Garelochhead
n.d.
Albumen print
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985, Accession number: PGP R 2115.10
 
LL/85917

31 of 41
LL/85918
Thomas Annan
'Ben Lomond from Aberfoyle'
1860 (ca)
Albumen print
25.10 x 37 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Purchased, Accession number: PGP 74.1
 
LL/85918 [Further details available]

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LL/79312
Thomas Annan
Title page for Sir Walter Scott, 1866, Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field, (London: A.W. Bennett)
1866
Title page
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-357
 
LL/79312 [Further details available]

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LL/85881
Archibald Burns
Album cover for Photographic Views of Edinburgh
1858 (ca)
Album cover
23.50 x 15.00 x 1.50 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Purchased 1988, Accession number: PGP 174
 
LL/85881

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LL/94453
Parisian Photo Co (Edinburgh)
[Interior of the Parisian Photo Co., 75 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland]
n.d.
Photograph
 
Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services
 
LL/94453

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LL/94454
Parisian Photo Co (Edinburgh)
Studio portrait of four people with a railway carriage foreground
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Peter Stubbs
 
LL/94454

36 of 41
LL/79313
Unidentified photographer
'Views showing Wind Bracing.' Two views of the Forth Bridge during Reconstruction
1889
Collotype
33.7 x 42.9 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-1638-28
 
LL/79313 [Further details available]

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LL/44122
Evelyn George Carey
Queensferry Cantilever As Seen From the South Approach Viaduct, Forth Bridge, Scotland
[Forth Bridge, Scotland]
1887, 23 May - 1888, 10 May
Cyanotype
 
CCA: Canadian Centre for Architecture
 
LL/44122 [Further details available]

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LL/7668
Alfred G. Buckham
Aerial view of Edinburgh
1920
Silver gelatin print
45.80 x 37.80 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland, Purchased 1990 (PGP 197.1), © Estate of Alfred G. Buckham
 
LL/7668

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LL/82048
Alexander Wilson Hill FRPS (1867-1949)
Canal Barges, Edinburgh
1905-1940 (ca)
Bromoil transfer print
12.9 x 19.5 cm
 
Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Photography: The First 150 Years, 9 March 2018, Lot: 228
 
LL/82048 [Further details available]

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LL/7663
Bill Brandt
Lord Macdonald's Forest, Isle of Skye
1947
Silver gelatin print
33.20 x 28.90 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland, Purchased 2000 (PGP 254.1), © Bill Brandt Archive Ltd.
 
LL/7663

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Aerial photography - Alfred G. Buckham: Aerial photography
Agricultural and pastoral - Landscape: Agricultural
Agricultural and pastoral - Landscape: Agricultural: Harvesting, threshing and storage
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Landscapes
Albumen prints - Books illustrated with albumen prints
Albums - Albums of the Edinburgh Calotype Club
Ambrotypes - Ambrotypes: Exteriors
Ambrotypes - Examples of ambrotypes
Architecture - Archibald Burns: Edinburgh
Architecture - Bridges, viaducts, trestles and jetties
Architecture - Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow
Architecture - William and Mary Howitt: Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain (1862)
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways
Boats, canoes and kayaks - Boats, canoes and kayaks
Calotypes - Calotypes: Exteriors
Calotypes - Henry Fox Talbot: Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845)
Calotypes - Hill & Adamson: Newhaven
Calotypists - Great Britain - Albums of the Edinburgh Calotype Club
Calotypists - Great Britain - Henry Fox Talbot: Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845)
Calotypists - Great Britain - Hill & Adamson: Edinburgh
Calotypists - Great Britain - Hill & Adamson: Newhaven
Calotypists - Great Britain - Introduction to calotypes in Great Britain
Cars - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Cartes de visite - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
Christian architecture - Christian architecture
Christian architecture - Scotland: Melrose Abbey
Christianity - Christian architecture
Cityscapes - Urban - Archibald Burns: Edinburgh
Cityscapes - Urban - Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow
Civil engineering - Bridges, viaducts, trestles and jetties
Civil engineering - Introduction to civil engineering
Cyanotypes - Cyanotypes
Cyanotypes - Cyanotypes: Examples
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Exteriors
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Portraits
Documentary - Archibald Burns: Edinburgh
Documentary - Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow
Early social commentary - Archibald Burns: Edinburgh
Early social commentary - Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow
Edinburgh Calotype Club - Albums of the Edinburgh Calotype Club
Flora - Early photographs of trees
Housing conditions - Archibald Burns: Edinburgh
Housing conditions - Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow
Interiors of photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Land transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Land transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways
Landscape - Albumen prints: Landscapes
Landscapes of Europe - Henry Fox Talbot: Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845)
Landscapes of Europe - Types of early British landscape photographers
Literature - Illustrated fiction and poetry
Memory - Picture in Picture
Negatives - Henry Fox Talbot: Paper negatives, waxed paper negatives, calotypes
Non-canonical photography - Non-canonical examples
Non-canonical photography - Paper and waxed paper negatives
Occupational - Hill & Adamson: Newhaven
Paper and waxed paper negatives - Henry Fox Talbot: Paper negatives, waxed paper negatives, calotypes
Paper and waxed paper negatives - Paper and waxed paper negatives
Photograph frames and easels - Photograph frames
Photographers - Photographs of people taking photographs
Photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Photography assimilated into popular culture - Illustrated fiction and poetry
Portrait - Hill & Adamson: Portraits
Portrait - Introduction to cartes de visite portraits
Railways - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways
Religious architecture - Christian architecture
Rivers and streams - Landscape: Rivers and streams
Salt prints - Henry Fox Talbot: Paper negatives, waxed paper negatives, calotypes
Salt prints - Henry Fox Talbot: Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845)
Salt prints - Hill & Adamson: Newhaven
Salt prints - Hill & Adamson: Portraits
Salt prints - Salt prints: Exteriors
Scotland - Albums of the Edinburgh Calotype Club
Scotland - Archibald Burns: Edinburgh
Scotland - Bill Brandt: Isle of Skye
Scotland - George Washington Wilson: Scotland
Scotland - Henry Fox Talbot: Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845)
Scotland - Hill & Adamson: Edinburgh
Scotland - Hill & Adamson: Newhaven
Scotland - Introduction to photography in Scotland
Scotland - Scotland: Edinburgh
Scotland - Scotland: Edinburgh: Greyfriars cemetery
Scotland - Scotland: Forth Bridge
Scotland - Scotland: Glasgow
Scotland - Scotland: Melrose Abbey
Scotland - Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow
Scotland - Thomas Keith: Edinburgh (1853-1856)
Social life of photographs - Photograph frames
Steamboats and paddle steamers - Steamboats and paddle steamers
Storage and display - Photograph frames
Tipped-in photographs and books illustrated with photographs - Books illustrated with albumen prints
Tipped-in photographs and books illustrated with photographs - Books illustrated with salt prints
Tipped-in photographs and books illustrated with photographs - Henry Fox Talbot: Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845)
Tipped-in photographs and books illustrated with photographs - William and Mary Howitt: Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain (1862)
Trees - Early photographs of trees
UK - Henry Fox Talbot: Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845)
UK - Hill & Adamson: Newhaven
UK - Introduction to calotypes in the UK
UK - Types of early British landscape photographers
Urban life - Archibald Burns: Edinburgh
Urban life - Thomas Annan: The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow
Water and waterfalls - Landscape: Rivers and streams
Water and waterfalls - Waterfalls
Water transportation - Boats, canoes and kayaks
Water transportation - Steamboats and paddle steamers


 
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