79th Highlanders Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
4 albumen photographs from 1873 and 1876
Estimate: £300 - £500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
4 military albumen photographs, 2 showing a ceremony with Queen Victoria at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, dated 22nd April 1873, 1 at Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, and 1 taken on Edinburgh Castle Esplanade in 1876, varying sizes between 24 x 14cm and 26.5 x 18.5cm, all mounted (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.