Group of cartes de visite, Scottish and Royal interest
Some by Thomas Annan and Thomas Roger
Including portrait of man believed to be David Octavius Hill (Hill and Adamson) taken by Tunny of Edinburgh, c.1860, ‘Beardy' Willy Duff, gamekeeper/ghillie to 5th Duke Of Atholl, John Brown, Queen Victoria's ghillie, by Hills and Saunders, George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl, by Caldesi Blanford (some fading toward upper left), Robert Scott Lauder (carte de visite size albumen photograph, some fading and foxing), James Eckford Lauder by Tunny, Hugh Miller by Tunny (some fading), 2 x Dr Candlish (1 by Elliot & Fry), Sir James Young Simpson by Ross & Thomson, Marquess of Argyll by Disderi of Paris, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, by Disderi of Paris, Elizabeth Georgiana Duchess of Argyll by Thomas Rodger (faded and slight corner damage at the top left), Sargano Alicamousa the lion tamer by Milne of Aboyne (light dents at top), Prince and Princess of Wales with Prince Victor and Prince George by Hills & Saunders (slight fading, damage to back), Prince Leopold Duke of Albany (carte de visite size albumen photograph), Princess Alexandra Princess of Wales by Hansen of Copenhagen and a group of 8 cartes de visite by Thomas Rodger of St Andrews (1 with foxing and fading, 2 with minor foxing), and 8 by Thomas Annan of Glasgow including Robert Napier the shipbuilder (33)Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.