Washington Wilson, George and Archibald Burns
Tours in Scotland, 'Balmoral' photobook and views of Edinburgh
Estimate: £240 - £280
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Washington Wilson, George. 96 albumen photographs of Scottish views in red leatherette album with gilt tooling, printed title page, photographs 19 x 12cm, some slight edge fading, varying degrees of foxing to album pages, edges of album bumped, scuffs to surfaces;
Idem. ‘Balmoral’ photobook, 1866, with 12 albumen photographs, 10.5 x 8cm, with description for each, from Wilson's ‘Photographs of English and Scottish Scenery’ series, pages clean, some light wear to edges of green cloth binding;
Burns, Archibald. 2 albumen views of Edinburgh, 10 x 8cm, by Burns in tartanware album by MacPherson, some edge fading to photographs, some scuffs to album;
Mauchline ware photo box containing strip of 6 small albumen photographs of Edinburgh, 5 x 4cm, one image faded, minor edge chipping to surface of box (4)
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.