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National Galleries of Scotland
 
Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road
Edinburgh, Scotland EH4 3DS
UK

www.nationalgalleries.org/collections/content.php
picture.library@nationalgalleries.org
Tel: +44 (0) 131 624 6200
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Robert Capa, 1943, Jennie Lee, Independent Socialist Candidate, Bristol Central By-election, Silver gelatin print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7678
John Kirk, 1880s (ca), House built on Piles at mouth of Zambezi, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/97990
Chick Chalmers, 1978, Sheep Being Brought from their Grazing on the Island of Copinsay for Sale in Kirkwall, Silver gelatin print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7684
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847 (taken, later print), Unidentified woman [Unknown woman 14], Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85831
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85971
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown men. 'Bringing in the catch' [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85782
John Kirk, 1880s (ca), Hippopotamus trap. River Shire, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/98001
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Lady Isabella (Norman) Grant. Wife of Sir Francis Gran, Carbon print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85833
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese peasants, Minho, four women and a youth, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121445
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847 (taken, later print), Willliamson. Huntsman to the Duke of Buccleuch [a], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85838
Shepherd & Robertson, 1862-1863, Ruins of the Residency, Lucknow, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56775
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown women and men [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85786
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Dr William Cooke Taylor, 1800 - 1849. Historical and educational author [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85826
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Two Newhaven fishwives, perhaps Mrs Elizabeth (Johnstone) Hall on the right, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45320
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese peasants, Minho, woman spinning and three men around a table, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121450
Roger Mayne, 1958. 14 February (taken) 1989 (print), Children, the Gorbals, Glasgow', Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56793
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [e], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85811
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Large group of Newhaven fishermen [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85854
Hill & Adamson, 1843 (ca), Samuel Aitken. Bookseller and friend of Thomas Carlyle, Calotype print, medium, later, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45317
Alfred G. Buckham, 1920 (ca), Castle Island, Loch Leven (Where Mary Queen of Scots was Imprisoned), Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/86563
Pow Kee, 1887, Hankow (now Hankou), Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/91650
J. Craig Annan, n.d., Stonyhurst, Lancashire, Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85889
John Kirk, 1880s (ca), Governor's House. Tete, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/97996
Fred Bremner, 1899 (ca), View in Baluchistan, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56782
John Swannell, 1980, Patrick Lichfield, David Bailey and Terence Donovan, Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56801
J. Craig Annan, n.d., 'A Utrecht Pastoral', Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85892
William Donaldson Clark, 1858 (ca), Princes Street, The Scott Monument and the Royal Institution, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85903
James Valentine, n.d., Forth Bridge: Length 8296 ft, Height 354 ft, Spans 1700 ft, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85937
J. Craig Annan, n.d., 'A Snake Charmer, Tangier', Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85887
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847 (taken) 2002 (print), Group of Carved Indian figures [Art 23], Calotype, modern, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85865
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Mediaeval group with David Octavius Hill on the right [Group 143], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85848
Hill & Adamson, 1846, April (taken), 92nd Gordon Highlanders in Edinburgh Castle [Military 5], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85863
August Sander, 1910-1914, Studien - Der Mensch [Grandmother and Child, about 1910-14], Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56786
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese peasants, Minho, two women seated and standing man with basket over his shoulder, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121441
Roger Fenton, 1855, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, 1792 - 1863. Field-Marshal, Salt print, from collodion negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56742
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Whitehorse Close, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85973
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Major Crauford (or Crawford) of the Leith Artillery [Military], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85738
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, A Group of Newhaven Children, Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85766
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Dumbarton Rock and Castle, Stereocard, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85969
Hugh Owen, 1847 (ca), North Porch, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108104
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Group at Bonaly Towers with a group of ten including John Henning, Mrs Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Mrs Cleghorn and David Octavius Hill [Group 74], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85796
Hugh Owen, n.d., High Street, Bristol, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108114
James Valentine, n.d., Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85940
Hill & Adamson, 1845 (ca), Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 - 1893. Writer, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45314
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Annie Linton [Newhaven 20], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85761
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, St Andrews Cathedral, the East Gable and St Rule's Tower [St Andrews 17], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85840
George Washington Wilson, 1870s, The North East Buttress, Ben Nevis, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85982
Archibald Burns, n.d., White Horse Close, Canongate, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85880
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [b], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85806
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Willie Liston, 'Redding [cleaning or preparing] the line'; Newhaven fisherman, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45322
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese peasant woman, seated with jug and basket, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121438
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Dunstaffnage Castle and Loch Etive, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85964
William Notman, 1866, FranƧois Gros-Louis, Fur trapper, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56758
Hill & Adamson, 1846, 92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6814
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Group of Carved Indian figures [Art 23], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85825
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [b], Salt print, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85805
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown women [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85776
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, William Leighton Leitch, 1804 - 1883. Watercolour painter. Sometimes called 'The House of Death' [b], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85736
Clarence H. White, 1909, Alvin Landon Coburn and his Mother, Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56785
Archibald Burns, 1871, The Horse Wynd, Edinburgh, Salt print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/54060
John Forbes White, n.d., View of a house, garden and a woman in front of the house, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85952
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Willliamson. Huntsman to the Duke of Buccleuch [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85837
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Skye - Man and Woman Grinding Corn, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85976
William Donaldson Clark, 1858, Princes Street, the Scott Monument and the Royal Institution, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7686
Thomas Annan, n.d., Book cover for Thomas Annan, Memorials of The Old College of Glasgow, Book cover, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85916
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1846 (taken) 1991 (print), Leith docks with the ship 'Cockburn' tied up, Calotype print, modern, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56765
John Muir Wood, 1847, The Citadel of Namur, from a Bridge over the Sambre, Calotype negative and uranium or cuprotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56768
Hill & Adamson, 1843, Hugh Miller, 1802 - 1856. Geologist and author, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45315
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Sophia Finlay and Harriet Farnie, Albumen print, medium (?), National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45307
John Forbes White, n.d., House, garden with trees, two women sitting and reading by the porch, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85956
Thomas Annan, 1868-1871, Close, No. 46 Saltmarket, from Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, Albumen print, from wet collodion negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56744
William Donaldson Clark, n.d., Houses by a Beach, Loch Alsh?, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85901
John Forbes White, n.d., House with porch and trees, three women sitting on the grass by a tree, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85953
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, 92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle [Military], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85861
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Two unknown women [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85762
John Kirk, 1858-1863, African dwellings with a baobab tree in the background, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56751
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Two unknown women [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85753
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847 (taken, later print), Captain David Campbell, Allan Robertson, Tom Morris, Bob Andrews, Sir Hugh Playfair and Watty Alexander. 'St Andrews Golfers' [Group 62], Carbon print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85846
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85764
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [a], Salt print, Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85804
Archibald Burns, n.d., King James V Towers, Holyrood, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85882
Peter Cattrell, 1997, Maize Cutting, No Man's Land, Serre, Somme, France, Silver gelatin print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7682
John Forbes White, n.d., Cottage by a river, a man and a woman crossing a wooden bridge, Paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85951
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Mr Finlay, deerstalker in the employ of Campbell of Islay [e], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85855
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Peasant woman, Minho, North Portugal, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121447
Pow Kee, 1887, Hankow (now Hankou), Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/91655
Pow Kee, 1887, Hankow (now Hankou), Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/91651
Archibald Burns, n.d., 'Advocate's Close, High Street, Edinburgh', Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85872
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Stagonolepsis robertsoni, found in 1844 [Fossil], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85845
Eugene Clutterbuck Impey, 1858 (after), Temples and Hill Fort, Alwar, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56749
John Swannell, 1980, Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989). Photographer, Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56802
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Three unknown figures and a boat [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85785
Hill & Adamson, 1843, Ivy-covered tree at Colinton. "the Fairy Tree", Calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6817
Hugh Owen, n.d., Thornbury Castle, South Gloucestershire, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108108
Bill Brandt, 1947, Lord Macdonald's Forest, Isle of Skye, Silver gelatin print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7663
Hill & Adamson, 1843, The Scott Monument under Construction, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45308
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, John Stevens, b. c 1793 - 1868. Portrait and subject painter [b], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85823
Thomas Joshua Cooper, 1997, Diamond Rock, the River Findhorn, Morayshire, Gelatin silver print, selenium-toned, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7689
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, David Octavius Hill, 1802 - 1870. Artist and pioneer photographer, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/118978
James Cox, 1880, Landscape with Wood Yard, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7691
Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 1860s, Not a Bad Day's Work, [A Day's Deerstalking], Medium albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/63016
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [c], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85807
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese peasants, two men and a woman holding a child grouped around a table, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121446
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Newhaven, looking up to village from the beach [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85789
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, The ruins of Greyfriars' Church [Edinburgh 39], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85745
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Dr John Wilson, 1804 - 1875. Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bombay [a], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85836
J. Craig Annan, n.d., Glasgow University, Photogravure, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85888
Archibald Burns, 1869, The West Bow, High Street, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85877
Hugh Owen, n.d., Exeter Town Hall, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108103
Richard Billingham, 1998, Untitled [Mother and Cat], Fuji longlife colour photographic print mounted on aluminium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6827
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85773
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Group of men and eight boys reading? singing?, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121448
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., J.J. Forrester Junior, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121444
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85803
William Donaldson Clark, 1860 (ca), Rosslyn Chapel, South Doorway, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/98561
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Queen Victoria on 'Fyvie' with John Brown at Balmoral, Carte de visite, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7397
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Colinton weir, with part of the manse at the top right [Landscape 38], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85842
Archibald Burns, 1869, The Castle and Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85875
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman and man [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85769
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Painting of the Las Meninas by Velasquez [Art 9], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85843
Edward John Burra, 1930, Collage, Collage, gouache, pen and ink and pencil on paper, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7677
William Donaldson Clark, 1860s (ca), Greyfriars' Churchyard and Edinburgh Castle in distance, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85907
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Picnic at Bonaly [Group 71 ?], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85793
Fred Bremner, 1893 (ca), His Highness the Khan of Kalat and Sons, Platinum print, from collodion negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56780
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Portuguese peasant girl, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121452
Hugh Owen, n.d., Unknown building with man on steps, Salted paper print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/108109
Frederick H. Evans, 1894, Aubrey Beardsley, 1872 - 1898. Illustrator, Platinum print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7700
Archibald Burns, n.d., John Knox's House, Netherbow, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85879
Samuel Bourne, 1864, Kangra - Monuments of Sutteeism, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7661
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Two unknown women [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85778
Shepherd & Robertson, 1862-1868, Chohan Rajpoots, Delhi, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56774
James Valentine, 1870, Staffa. the Clam-Shell Cave, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7399
John Forbes White, 1857, Holyrood Abbey, West Doorway, Carbon print ?, from waxed paper negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85958
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, 92nd Gordon Highlanders at Edinburgh Castle [Military 3], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85860
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Captain David Campbell, Allan Robertson, Tom Morris, Bob Andrews, Sir Hugh Playfair and Watty Alexander. 'St Andrews Golfers' [Group 62], Calotype negative (?), National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85847
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown children [Newhaven 52], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85829
Hill & Adamson, 1845 (ca), Sir John Steell, 1804 - 1891. Sculptor, Calotype print, medium, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/45310
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman and baby [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85765
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Group of unknown men, possibly William Ramsay, Alexander Rutherford and a boy [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85788
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Horatio McCulloch, 1805 - 1867. Landscape painter [a], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85819
Hill & Adamson, 1844-1846 (taken, later print), Rev. Dr John Wilson 1804 - 1875. Vice Chancellor of the University of Bombay, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85853
Lai Afong, 1869, The Bankers‘ Glen, Yuen-foo River, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/6819
James Valentine, n.d., Portrait of H.R.H. Prince Arthur, Carte de visite, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85931
George Washington Wilson, 1870, Old Town Edinburgh from the Calton Hill, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7396
Joseph James Forrester, n.d., Two Portuguese peasants 'Province of Minho - Portugal peasant girls', Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/121442
Antoine Claudet, 1851, Sir Charles Augustus Murray, 1806 - 1895, Daguerreotype, hand-tinted, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7687
Pow Kee, 1880s, Hankow (now Hankou), Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/91649
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Princes Street, Edinburgh, Stereocard, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85981
William Donaldson Clark, 1860s (ca), Greyfriars' Churchyard, Edinburgh, Albumen print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85906
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Unknown woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85770
Commercial Press Ltd., n.d., The Great Wall, Photograph, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/102302
Fred Bremner, 1900, Fruit Market, Quetta Bazaar, Platinum print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/7665
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewaquonaby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [d], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85809
Hill & Adamson, 1845, Patrick Byrne, c 1797 - 1863. Irish Harpist [c], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85858
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 - 1893. Writer [p], Salt print, calotype print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85835
Francesca Woodman, 1975-1978, Space², Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978, Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/56800
Hill & Adamson, 1843-1847, Jeannie Wilson and unknown woman [Newhaven], Calotype negative, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/85768
Alfred G. Buckham, 1920 (ca), Morning Over the Moorfoots, Gelatin silver print, National Galleries of Scotland, LL/86566
   

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