Spinning in Skye and Shetland
19th and early 20th century
£227
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
2 mounted albumen photographs of women using spinning wheels on Skye, by G.W. Wilson, and on Shetland by James Valentine, one cabinet card by Harper and Smellie of Leith, an unattributed silver gelatin photograph and a postcard, sizes range between 23 x 14cm and 16 x 12cm (5)
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century