The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders or 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders)
Group of 19th century military albumen photographs
Estimate: £500 - £600
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
All mounted, sizes vary between 21.65 x 29.5 x 22.5cm and 26.5 x 18.5cm, depicting:
E. Company 79th Highlanders in different poses, named on mounts, 1872, with spotting, slight discolouration and edge fading to both, mounts foxed, a pair;
staff sergeants, 1864, some edge fading;
group of officers, all named, 1870s, some foxing to mount;
Queen Victoria at a ceremony at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, dated 22nd April 1873, 2 images;
soldiers at Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, 1873;
a military parade at Edinburgh Castle Esplanade,1876 (8)
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.