Yachting and Natural History Trip to the Western Isles
19th and 20th century
Estimate: £180 - £220
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
19th-century yachting album comprising 32 albumen photographs of named yachts including Britannia, Godwit, Astore, Tess, Lord of the Isles, Dragon, Clarisa, Phantom, Iverna Mystery, Vigilan, Lenore, Rosetta, Mosquito, Wenonah, Dora and May, and Portpatrick Harbour, c.1890s, 15.5 x 11.5cm, and various other images including several of yachts clipped from magazines; Wildlife Tour of the Western Isles led by John Wilkie, 1971, album of 56 annotated silver gelatin photos, mainly 21 x 15cm; large print by G.W. Wilson titled 'Yachting On The Clyde', 29 x 19cm, with some light fading towards top and large repaired tear on left edge; silver gelatin photograph of yachting by James McKissack, c.1930s, 30 x 25cm (4)
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.