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A selection of my photographs, many from Edinburgh throughout the year. Also photos from Scotland, London, Iceland, Italy, Hong Kong and elsewhere    Many old maps of Edinburgh (Old Town, New Town, while City), Leith and Newhaven. Includes several old transport maps and a comparison of old maps with recent aerial photos.   Old engravings, mailly of Edinburgh scenes. Some from the 1820s, some from the 1890s, some others - includes many hand-coloured examples from the 1820s.   News from Edinburgh today - Events, Collections, Buildings and Gardens, Transport   This site includes 1. Post card portraits taken in studios in Edinburgh: 2. Post card views either takeen/published by Ediburgh photographers or views of Edinburgh, or both.y Edinburgh    Views of Edinburgh, grouped into three sections: 1. Street views: 2. Buildings: 3. Around Edinburgh   Views of transport around Edinburgh - Horse drawn trams and buses, cable cars, electric trams, buses and a few railway photos. Also several maps of Edinburgh's bus and tram routes.   Summary of the updates added to this site each month since the site was launched   Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

 

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EPS History,
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Ethnographic Photography

Postcards in Scotland

 

 

Talk to EPS Digital Imaging Group  -  November 10, 2008

History of Photography

5.

Photographic Societies

1840s

A few professional photographers in Britain.

No copyright restrictions in Scotland

1842

Edinburgh Calotype Club.

 

 

Around 1842, a group of Edinburgh advocates and other gentlemen connected with Parliament House visited St Andrews to see the calotypes produced by Brewster and others.

On their return to Edinburgh, they created the Edinburgh Calotype Club.

Sir James Francis Dunlop

Cosmo Innes PSS

JF Montgomery

Mungo Pontin

John Stewart PSS

Sheriff Hugh Tennant

Two albums of photographs have survived from the Club.

There may well be a third, still to be found

BJP Report

“The death of Professor Cosmo Innes (31 July 1874) noticed by our 'peripatetic' correspondent last week recalls to our mind some of the long-forgotten reminiscences of what was undoubtedly the earliest photographic society in the world - the Calotype Club - of which Professor Innes was one of the founders and one of the most enthusiastic members.”

Edinburgh Calotype Album Photo

Maitland, Montgommery and Tennent

Photograph from an Edinburgh Calotype Club album - GR Maitland, James Francis Montgomery and Hugh Lyon Tennent  

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh Calotype Album Photo

Hugh Lyon Playfair with Cello

Photograph from Edinburgh Calotype Club album - Volume 2, Page 31 - Hugh Lyon Playfair with Cello  

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh Calotype Album Photo

Holy Trinity Church  -  Dean Bridge

Photograph from Edinburgh Calotype Album - Volume 2, Page 11 - Holy Trinity Church, Dean Bridge

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh Calotype Album Photo

Head of West Bow

Photograph in Edinburgh Calotype Club album - Volume 2, Page 29 - Head of West Bow

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh Calotype Album Photo

Dean Orphanage

Photograph from Edinburgh Calotype Club album - Volume 2, Page 35 - Dean Orphanage

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh Calotype Album Photo

George Heriot's Hospital

Photograph from Edinburgh Calotype Album - Volume 2, Page 26 - George Heriot's Hospital  

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh Calotype Album Photo

The Shore, Leith

Photograph from the Edinburgh Calotype Club album - Volume 2, Page 65 - Boats Moored at Leith

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh Calotype Album Photo

Chain Pier  -  Newhaven

Photograph from Edinburgh Calotype Album - Volume 2, Page 95 - Chain Pier

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

1850s

1851 - The Great Exhibition

Other Photographic Societies

Leeds

1852 -c.60

London

1853 continuing

Now RPS

Liverpool

1853 continuing?

Devon and Cornwall

1854 - 59

Norwich

1854 - 61

Dublin

1854 - 58

Brighton & Sussex

1855 - 59?

Manchester

1855 continuing

Scotland

1856 - 67

Dumfries & Galloway

1856 - 59

Birmingham

1856 - 66

North London

1857 - 69

Belfast

1857

Chorlton

1857 - 65

Blackheath

1857 - 63

Greenwich

1857 - 65

Paisley

1857 - 1859

Nottingham

1858 - ?

Macclesfield

1858 - 65

South London

1859 - 87

Glasgow & West of Scotland

1860 - 1902

Bradford

1860 - ?

Edinburgh

1861 continuing

Newcastle

1861- ?

Amateur

1861-1903

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Links to Other Pages

EdinPhoto - Home Page      Please send me an e-mail ... with your questions, comments, suggestions or news.      At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.            At any time, you can search for a word - perhaps a photographer's name or a photographic topic. The search will produce a list of pages on the EdinPhoto web site where this word appears.

Photographs and Other Images - These include portraits of photographers - photographic outings - Princes Street views - Newhaven Fishwives - etc.  Early Photography in Edinburgh - Talbot, Brewster, Hill & Adamson, Early Professional Photographers in Princes Street, etc.  Professional Photographers in Edinburgh - 1840 to 1940 - Their names, dates of business and studio addresses.  The Photographic Society of Scotland - 1856 to 1873 - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, etc.  The History of Edinburgh Photographic Society - 1861 to date - Lectures, Exhibitions, Outings, Poems, etc.  EPS Publications - EPS Handwritten Records - Photographic Journals - Trade Directories - Books - etc.  Thanks to all who have encouraged and supported me in creating the EdinPhoto web site - including descendants of photogrpahers - researchers - providers of photographs and other material  Background notes on the research thal led up to the creation of this site - together with lists of new material added to the site since its launch.  Brief comments on how this site might be used - Just browsing? - Seeking specific information?  Please add your questions, suggestions or other comments to the Guest Book.  Links to other web sites - Photographic Societies - Photographic History - Family History - etc.  Click here to find the link to the Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society web site.  Details of who owns the copyright of photographs and other mateiral on this web site.

A selection of my photographs, many from Edinburgh throughout the year. Also photos from Scotland, London, Iceland, Italy, Hong Kong and elsewhere    Many old maps of Edinburgh (Old Town, New Town, while City), Leith and Newhaven. Includes several old transport maps and a comparison of old maps with recent aerial photos.   Old engravings, mailly of Edinburgh scenes. Some from the 1820s, some from the 1890s, some others - includes many hand-coloured examples from the 1820s.   News from Edinburgh today - Events, Collections, Buildings and Gardens, Transport   This site includes 1. Post card portraits taken in studios in Edinburgh: 2. Post card views either takeen/published by Ediburgh photographers or views of Edinburgh, or both.y Edinburgh    Views of Edinburgh, grouped into three sections: 1. Street views: 2. Buildings: 3. Around Edinburgh   Views of transport around Edinburgh - Horse drawn trams and buses, cable cars, electric trams, buses and a few railway photos. Also several maps of Edinburgh's bus and tram routes.   Summary of the updates added to this site each month since the site was launched   Frequently Asked Questions

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