Title & Author:

The old closes & streets of Glasgow / engraved by Annan from photographs taken for the City of Glasgow Improvement Trust ; with an introduction by William Young.

Publication:

Glasgow : James MacLehose and Sons, 1900.

Description:

23 pages, 50 unnumbered leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations ; 40 cm

Notes:
Many of the photographs were first pub. in 1878 by the City of Glasgow Improvement Trust, Glasgow, under title: Photographs of old closes, streets, &c., taken 1868-1877.
One hundred copies printed; cf. Goldschmidt & Naef.
The plates are photogravures after photographs by Thomas Annan. Thirty-eight of the plates are dated 1868, 1 is dated 1885, 8 are dated 1897, and 4 are dated 1899.
Title printed in red and black.
Goldschmidt & Naef. Truthful lens, 4

Subject:

Streets Scotland Glasgow Pictorial works.
Slums Scotland Glasgow Pictorial works.
Poor Scotland Glasgow Pictorial works.
Rues Écosse Glasgow Ouvrages illustrés.
Pauvres Écosse Glasgow Ouvrages illustrés.
Poor
Slums
Streets
Streets Scotland Glasgow
Photography, Artistic
Glasgow (Scotland) Pictorial works.
Scotland Glasgow

Form/genre:

Photograph
photographs.
Photogravures.
Photographs
Pictorial works
Photographs Scotland Glasgow 1900.
Photogravures Great Britain 19th century.
Photographies.

Added entries:

Annan, Thomas, 1829-1887, photographer.
Young, William, 1843-1900, writer of introduction.
Annan, Thomas, 1829-1887. Photographs of old closes, streets, &c., taken 1868-1877.
Young, William, 1845-1900.
Glasgow City Improvement Trust.
James MacLehose & Sons, publisher.
Great Britain Scotland Glasgow.

Old closes and streets of Glasgow

Holdings:

Location: Library photo collection 132108
Call No.: PH1975:0020:001-049
Status: Available