Scottish Life including fisherfolk at Broughty Ferry
20 photographs of fishing, hunting and camping, 19th and early 20th century
Estimate: £200 - £240
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
early 20th-century silver gelatin photograph of fisherfolk mending nets, Broughty Ferry, near Dundee, 19 x 12cm; Milne of Aboyne and Ballater large silver gelatin photograph of hunters and stag trophies, officers of Queens Guard Ballater game book in centre, c.1890s, 28 x 21cm; 2 Charles Reid albumen photographs of camping, 18 x 11.5cm, some edge fading; James Patrick albumen photograph of skating on Duddingston Loch, 20 x 13.5cm, some surface creasing and edge fading; James Valentine albumen photograph of the Reel of Tulloch, 20 x 13cm; 1885 amateur albumen photograph of tennis racquet and shotgun, 15 x 9.5cm; silver gelatin photograph of fishing trip, c. 1900s, 20 x 15cm; 4 amateur photographs of an early car and angling at Tulchan Lodge Strathspey, 10 x 8cm; large mounted albumen photograph of horse-drawn carriage, the Pass of Melport by G.W. Wilson, 29 x 19cm, some slight edge fading; 3 men in Highland dress, named on reverse, 15 x 11cm; 4 x press photographs of salmon fishing on Loch Tay by Charles E. Brown, boys baiting a line by Charles E. Brown, grouse shooting in the Highlands, 1929, and 1934 photograph of the Pitlessie Highland Games, 25.5 x 20.5cm to 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.