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Title(s)
Sun pictures in Scotland.
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Published/Created
London : [s.n.], 1845.
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Physical Description
[4] pages, [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
TR651 .T35 1845+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
The work contains 23 salted paper prints (made with the calotype process), all taken in Scotland by Talbot on a tour paying homage to Sir Walter Scott.
Only 120 copies were bound.
Gernsheim, H. Concise history of photography, p. 40
Gernsheim, H. Incunabula of British photographic literature, 7
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original brown cloth, with title stamped in gilt on front cover. Bookplate: Woburn Abbey. -
Subject Terms
Photography -- Early works to 1850. | Scotland -- Pictorial works. | Scott, Walter, 1771–1832. | Woburn Abbey -- Bookplate.
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Form/Genre
Calotype (paper process) | Photographs. | Salted paper prints.
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
Plates: 1. Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh -- 2. Sir Walter Scott's monument, Edinburgh, as it appeared when nearly finished, in October 1844 -- 3. Abbotsford -- 4. Entrance gate, Abbotsford -- 5. Hall Door, Abbotsford -- 6. Effigy of Sir W. Scott's favourite dog Maida, by the side of the hall door at Abbotsford -- 7-9. Melrose Abbey -- 10-12. Loch Katrine -- 13. The tomb of Sir W. Scott, in Dryburgh Abbey -- 14. Highland hut on the banks of Loch Katrine -- 15-17. Scenery of Loch Katrine -- 18. The Castle of Doune -- 19. The same seen from the other side -- 20. A mountain rivulet which flows at the foot of Doune Castle -- 21-23. Melrose Abbey.
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