[T. & R. Annan interest] Annotated sales records
Annan's records for the works of D.Y. Cameron, James McBey, Francis Haden and William Strang
Estimate: £700 - £900
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Rinder, Frank. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etched work… Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1912. 8vo, number 344 of 700 copies, annotated with sales records, extra-illustrated with photographs of etchings nos. 435 to 500;
Idem. D.Y. Cameron, an illustrated catalogue of his etchings and dry-points, 1887-1932. Glasgow: Jackson, Wylie & Company, 1932. 8vo, number 208 of 600 copies, annotated with tipped in newspaper clippings, sale catalogues and photographs;
Hardie, Martin. Etchings and dry Points from 1902 to 1924. London: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 1925. 4to, number 330 of 500 copies, with original signed etching by McBey, annotated with sales records, newspaper clippings and notes, with 12 pages of extra illustrations showing later etchings;
Harrington, H. Nazeby. The Engraved Work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, P.R.E. Loverpool: Henry Young & Sons, 1910. 4to, one of 225 copies, annotated with sales records and one photographed tipped-in;
Binyon, Laurence. William Strang. Catalogue of his Etched Work. Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. 8vo, annotated with sales records, newspaper articles, a catalogue of the memorial exhibition at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 1930, a letter from Strang and another from his son, dated 1934;
Idem. Supplement to the ‘Catalogue of his Etched Work 1882-1912’. Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson and Co., 1923. 8vo, a few additional plates, without annotations;
mostly slightly worn with some foxing and covers detached (6)
Footnote
Thomas Annan (1829-1887) famously founded a photographic studio in Glasgow in 1857, creating influential collections such as Photographs of the Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow. The Annan photography business, ‘T. & R. Annan and Sons’, was a family affair, incorporating Thomas Annan’s sons (James Craig and John), alongside Thomas’s brother. In addition to taking, and dealing in, photographs, the Annans showed a great interest in the print as an artform (Thomas Annan purchased the rights to the photogravure process in Britain in 1883). The family exhibited, photographed and sold prints and paintings, alongside illustrating fine art catalogues.
T. & R. Annan and Sons became an institution in the Glasgow, gaining the Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria as 'Photographers and Photographic Engravers to her Majesty’ in the city. They can be credited with promoting the works of important local artists such as Muirhead Bone and William Strang through the medium of engraving and limited edition prints, alongside photographing the artists’ work themselves. James Craig Annan even travelled around Europe with the artist, D.Y. Cameron, collaborating on an exhibition in 1892.
The volumes presented here record the sales, prices and ultimately the early popularity of the works of these Scottish artists, providing a unique insight into the Glasgow art market in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.