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Record Detail

Call Number:

PH-00037

Collection Name:

James Valentine Photography Collection

Creator:

Valentine, James (1815 - 1880)

No. of Items:

49 photographs

Span Dates:

1867-1890 (bulk circa 1870)

Description:

The collection consists of forty-nine photographic prints (48 albumen, 1 platinum) by the Scottish photographer James Valentine. Most are views of architecture and streetscapes in England and Scotland, landscape views of Scotland, and several genre scenes of Scottish life. Also included is an albumen photomontage made up of individual portraits of 97 members of the British Association meeting in Dundee in September 1867, accompanied by an index identifying the portraits (964:0785:0001). Additionally the collection contains an original paper envelope from James Valentine, on which is printed: “Photographs of Scottish Scenery / by / James Valentine, / Photographer / By Special Appointment / To Her Majesty, / the Queen, / Dundee”. The photographs date from the 1860s to 1890 (bulk ca. 1870).

Location(s):

U-V Box, Large (964:0785:0001)
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Valentine, J., Box 1 (964:0003:0001-0010; 964:0007:0001-0012)
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Valentine, J., Box 2 (964:0003:0011-0020)
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Valentine, J., Box 3 (964:0003:0021-0027)
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Valentine, J., Box 4 (964:0003:0028-0034; 964:0007:0013; 981:0019:0008; paper envelope)
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Item(s):

964:0003:0001 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Melrose Abbey, circa 1870. Albumen print, 11.5 x 17.9 cm ; 4 1/2 x 7 in .

964:0003:0002 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Melrose Abbey. Nave North and South Aisles, circa 1870. Albumen print, 11.5 x 18 cm ; 4 1/2 x 7 1/10 in .

964:0003:0003 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Abbotsford. The Drawing Room, circa 1870. Albumen print, 11.5 x 17.9 cm ; 4 1/2 x 7 in .

964:0003:0004 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). [Interior view, formal], circa 1870. Albumen print, 9.7 x 14.9 cm ; 3 4/5 x 5 9/10 in .

964:0003:0005 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Ely Cathedral, circa 1870. Albumen print, 15.1 x 10.1 cm ; 5 9/10 x 4 in .

964:0003:0006 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Ben Lomond From Luss (Mist Effect), circa 1880. Albumen print, 13.4 x 20.4 cm ; 5 3/10 x 8 in .

964:0003:0007 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Forth Bridge., circa 1890. Albumen print, 13.4 x 20.3 cm ; 5 3/10 x 8 in .

964:0003:0008 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine, circa 1885. Albumen print, 13.3 x 20.2 cm ; 5 1/5 x 8 in .

964:0003:0009 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Silver Strand, Loch Katrine, circa 1885. Albumen print, 13.3 x 20.2 cm ; 5 1/5 x 8 in .

964:0003:0010 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Loch Lomond From Above Inversnaid, circa 1885. Albumen print, 13.1 x 19.8 cm ; 5 1/5 x 7 4/5 in .

964:0003:0011 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). [Peat Cutting, Hoy. 10832], circa 1880. Albumen print, 13.4 x 20.3 cm ; 5 3/10 x 8 in .

964:0003:0012 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). [Reel of Tulloch. 3847], circa 1870. Albumen print, 13.2 x 20.1 cm ; 5 1/5 x 7 9/10 in .

964:0003:0013 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). [A Highland Washing. 5575], circa 1870. Albumen print, 13.3 x 20.7 cm ; 5 1/5 x 8 1/10 in .

964:0003:0014 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). [A Highland Washing. 1145], circa 1868. Albumen print, 18.9 x 24 cm ; 7 2/5 x 9 2/5 in .

964:0003:0034 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Edinburgh. Princes Street from National Gallery, circa 1883. Albumen print, 18.7 x 29.2 cm ; 7 2/5 x 11 1/2 in .

964:0785:0001 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). British Association. Dundee, 1867, 1867 September. Albumen print, mat window: 28.6 x 24.3 cm ; 11 3/10 x 9 3/5 in .

981:0019:0008 -- Valentine, James (1815 - 1880). Beverley Minster from South, 1850s-1870s. Platinum print, .

See Also:

21 mounted photographs in [Photograph album] (f TR 655.11 P233 HRC-P)

12 snapshots of Castle Cawdor in the Literary File of Webster Aitken

1 loose carte-de-visite in the Card Photograph Format Collection (964:0756:0021)

20 mounted photographs in Norway (f TR 655.11 V254 HRC-P)

12 mounted photographs in [Photograph album] (f TR 655.11 P334 HRC-P)

5 mounted photographs in [Photograph album] (f TR 655.11 P242 HRC-P)

1 mounted photograph in [Crichton Album II] (f TR 655.11 C854 HRC-P)

1 loose albumen print inserted into Photographs of Sicily, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Belgium, France (f NA 202 P568 HRC-P)

20 mounted photographs in S. Y. Christabel in Norway 1894 (f GV 822 C585 HRC-P)

44 mounted photographs in [Album of Photographs of England] (f DA 625 A428 HRC-P)

10 mounted photographs in [Edinburgh and vicinity, by James Valentine. Dundee] (f DA 890 E2 V244 HRC-P)

[Album of H. C. G. Osborne: Photographs of Castles, Homes, and Parks]: Two photographs by Valentine are located in the [Album of H.C.G. Osborne: Photographs of Castles, Homes, and Parks] (PH-00914).

[Album: Views of London, England, and Scotland]: Five photographs by Valentine are located in the [Album: Views of London, England, and Scotland] (PH-00913).


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