Half plate hand tinted ambrotypes and hand tinted half plate opalotype
Including ambrotype by Hays of Edinburgh
3 half plate hand tinted cased ambrotypes, approximately 14 x 11cm, one by Hays of Edinburgh of a woman at a desk, one with two women and a young boy in Highland dress, the third of a couple with their four children, half plate opalotype of a woman, hand-tinted and in a display case. Highland Dress ambrotype with fine hand tinting, case lid detached, some of the background colour in Hays ambrotype removed as well as further degradation to background, family group lacks a gilt surround and is slightly light, cases have scuffs and edge wear. The opalotype in good condition, case has wear to surface and velvet interior (4)
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century