Estimate: £400 - £600
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 792
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Albumen photograph, 15 x 11cm, mounted on a page from a scrap album, slight yellowing (ref. Royal Collection Trust Photographic Portraits Vol. 2 (1852-1859) RCIN 2906641 - the photograph of Forbes in this album has been replaced with a later carbon print. Also in this album is an identically sized photograph with similar vignetting of William Duff, also taken at Invercauld in September 1857, which has Thomas Pearce identified as the photographer)
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.