Caledonian Railway horses
Including 1909 Novar Cup winner
Estimate: £150 - £200
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
2 large silver gelatin photographs, 29 x 22cm, mounted onto photographer’s mounts, one showing a dressed horse of the Caledonian Railway named ‘Hawthorn Lad’, winner of the Novar Cup in 1909, by A. Paterson of Leith, the other of 9 horses and railway staff, and a photograph by Greenfield of horses outside the Gaumont Theatre, Edinburgh, dated 18th June 1949, 21 x 16.5cm, some handling marks and edge chipping to the mount (3)
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.