Lot 337
Early Scottish photography - William Nisbet of Lint Mill, Stenton, Prestonkirk; & Philip Cockburn of Mayfield, Dunbar
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Collection of photographs taken by William Nisbet, photographer, including ?daguerrotype portraits of WIlliam Trotter Senior and Junior of The Brunt, Dunbar, c.1855-60, Alison & John Cockburn, baker, of Stenton, c.1855-60, George Strachan of Newbyth & then head gamekeeper at Biel Estates, E. Lothian, 1855; carte-de-visite portraits of the Richardson family of Yarrow, 1867, bakers at Stenton, c.1875,
Collection of photographs by Philip Cockbrun of Mayfield Dunbar, including photographs on glass of Stenton, E. Linton, ?Tyningehame Gardens, Pressmennan Lake; & numerous printed photographs by Philip Cockburn (1830-1926), photographer, including one of him aged 92 on his tricycle, Dunbar, Pressmennan Lake, Stenton, St. Mary's Stenton, Stenton Church, members of the Purdie family, Innerwick, E. Lothian, Tyningehame, Dunbar, Dunbar lifeboat, Stenton old Church, Pressmennan Lake, including one of Lint Mill, Stenton, the home of W. Nisbet photographer, showing his photographic studio beside Lint Mill; and other photographs by G.W. Wilson & others (quantity)
Footnote
Provenance: William Nisbet was the great great great grandfather of the vendor, and Philip Cockburn was the great great uncle of the vendor.