19th century views of Scotland

Scottish Clan Images

Castles, Houses, Abbeys Images

Cities, Towns and Villages Images

Landscapes and Seascapes Images

People and miscellaneous Images

Old Photos of Cities, Town and Villages Images

Edinburgh and William Henry Fox Talbot.

Pencils of Light Edinburgh Calotype Club.

Edwin O Catford, Transport Photographs.

The Diorama in Great Britain in the 1820s.

William Donaldson Clark, Edinburgh Sreet Scenes.

Photographs of Fife and its People.

George Washington Wilson was Aberdeen's pioneering photographer.

Hill & Adamson Collection.

James Valentine, Dundee, produced many thousand post card views of Scotland.

Archibald Burns Photographer.

The Science & Society Picture Library.

John M Whitehead Photographer.

William M Harkins, photographer, was based at 88 High Street, Edinburgh, from 1901 until 1905.

John Patrick was born in 1831 in Buckhaven, Fife . He became a baker in Buckhaven, then moved to Leven where he opened a business as a bookseller before becoming interested in photography.

Archibald Hugh MacLucas was a prominent Member of Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society for many years.

Sir David Brewster was elected first President of the Photographic Society of Scotland, from its foundation in 1856, and remained its President until the Society was wound up in 1873.

Hill & Adamson. Between 1843 and 1847, Hill & Adamson produced several thousand calotype prints. Here are a few that have particular relevance to the history of photography and photographic societies in Edinburgh.

Thomas Begbie became a Member of Edinburgh Photographic Society on 10 April 1867.

Post Card Portraits Published in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Photographic Studios.

A selection of Views from the Edinburgh Calotype Club.

Portraits of Photographers, Early Photographers.

Stereo Views of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Forth Bridge Views of Edinburgh.
Cabinet Prints - Portraits.
Cartes de Visite - Portraits.
Newhaven Fishwives.
Edinburgh's Transport Photographs.
Post Card Views of Edinburgh.

These adverts show the scope of work of a few of Edinburgh's professional photographers, and in some cases the prices they charged.

Maps and Engravings with links to Pictures.

Engravings, Old & New Edinburgh1890.

Edinburgh has a long tradition of book publishing, extending into the 20th century. Early engravers in Edinburgh.

David Octavius Hill standing at the gate to his studio.
Old Views of Scotland.

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