Name: Auction: Edinburgh From Calton Hill, 1850s Salt print photograph, possibly by Ross and Thomson
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 260 GBP
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Oval salt print photograph of Edinburgh from Calton Hill, early 1850s, 26 x 19.5cm, mounted on card, very similar to oval print from c.1850 by Ross and Thomson showing the city from the opposite direction (see nationalgalleries.org), faded but still good detail, some marks to surface, mostly original retouching

Salt print photograph, possibly by Ross and Thomson 

Edinburgh From Calton Hill, 1850s 

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Edinburgh From Calton Hill, 1850s

Salt print photograph, possibly by Ross and Thomson

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