People:

Thomas Keith (photographer)
William Walker (photographer)
John Forbes White (photographer)

Title:

Album of views of topography and religious and secular architecture, Scotland and England, United Kingdom

Date:

ca. 1854-1857

Description:

Album comprising 100 salted paper prints from waxed paper negatives showing views of Scotland, mostly Edinburgh, from Holyrood Abbey to Greyfriars Churchyard, but also, the ruins of Iona, Inverkeithing, Old Aberdeen, Orkney, Durham, Kirkcaldy, St-Andrews and possibly Braemar, Brunstan, Musselburgh, Aberdeenshire and several unlocated landscapes.
The album is the most significant and the most extensive body of salted paper prints by Thomas Keith and John Forbes White. Most of the prints in this album are the only known salt prints from their particular negatives. (Larry J. Schaaf, 'Sun Pictures').

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Salted paper prints from waxed paper negatives

Dimensions:

album: 46.3 x 35.8 x 3.0 cm secondary supports: 34.7 x 44.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1993:0428:001-100

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of brown cloth-covered boards and brown leather spine and corners. There are gold gilt inscriptions on the cover and spine. Endleaves are of light brownish white paper. Pages are of light brownish white paper. The album is comprised of 100 photographs.

Location:

Aberdeen; Scotland; United Kingdom;

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

landscape (environment)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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