Lot 180
Scottish Life
Including fisherfolk at Broughty Ferry, hunting, fishing and camping, 20 photographs
Estimate: £250 - £350
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Early 20th-century silver gelatin photograph of fisherfolk mending nets at Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, 19 x 12cm, slight yellowing at edges; Milne of Aboyne and Ballater large silver gelatin photograph of hunters and stag trophies, officers of Queens Guard Ballater game book displayed in the centre, c.1890s, 28 x 21cm, wear to top right corner of mount; 2 albumen photographs of camping by Charles Reid, 18 x 11.5cm, some edge fading; albumen photograph of skating on Duddingston Loch by James Patrick, 20 x 13.5cm, some surface creasing and edge fading; albumen photograph of the Reel of Tulloch by James Valentine, 20 x 13cm, some edge fading; 1885 amateur albumen photograph of tennis racquet and shotgun, 15 x 9.5cm; silver gelatin photograph of fishing expedition, c. 1900s, 20 x 15cm, some slight surface marks and some corner damage; 4 amateur photographs of an early car and angling at Tulchan Lodge Strathspey, 10 x 8cm, a little dark; large mounted albumen photograph of a horse-drawn carriage full of passengers, the Pass of Melport by G.W. Wilson, 29 x 19cm, some very slight edge fading; 3 men in Highland dress, named on the reverse, 15 x 11cm, creased and missing one corner; 4 x press photographs of salmon fishing on Loch Tay by Charles E. Brown, boys learning how to bait a line by Charles E. Brown, grouse shooting in the Highlands, dated 1929, and a 1934 photograph of the Pitlessie Highland Games, between 25.5 x 20.5cm and 21.5 x 16.5cm (20)
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.
