Scottish fishwives, fishing boats and harbours
26 photographs, 19th and 20th century
Estimate: £240 - £280
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Large mounted photograph of the naming of the John Bennett, large photograph of Peterhead harbour, c.1900, printed later, similar photograph of Fraserburgh fishing fleet, large albumen photograph by G.W. Wilson of ‘The Herring Season At Aberdeen’, montage silver print of Anstruther harbour, the bridge of the Ben Lora, a trawler built in Aberdeen in 1913, two large photographs of fishing fleets at sea, c.1900, photograph of F.R. 260, possibly in Fraserburgh harbour, Portknockie harbour, c.1900, B.F. 301 in drydock in Banff or MacDuff, and a trawler leaving port; 2 x 19th century albumen photographs of fishwives, one identified as from Newhaven, a landing of skate at Fraserburgh harbour, 3 of fishwives processing and packing fish in barrels, a fishwife from Collieston, 1932, men packing fish in Fraserburgh, 1953, a scene in Cairnbulg near Fraserburgh, 3 views of Aberdeen harbour, mid 20th century, James Valentine collotype of fishermen at Elie, and a large 20th century photograph of fishermen hauling nets ashore (26)
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.