Princes Street from the National Gallery, Edinburgh

Scottish, Artist James Valentine, Publisher
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Princes Street from the National Gallery, Edinburgh

between 1870 and 1880

(Artist) Scottish James Valentine (Publisher) Scottish, 1815 - 1879

Albumen print from collodion on glass negative

Image: 4 1/2 × 7 7/8 inches (11.4 × 20 cm) Mount: 10 3/4 × 13 5/8 inches (27.3 × 34.6 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of anonymous donor

F46.125

Public Domain

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Signed, in the negative, lower right: J.V.

Inscribed, in the negative, lower center: Princes Street, From the National Gallery, Edinburgh, 1037 Inscribed, in ink on the mount, lower center: Edinburgh-The Scott Monument. Inscribed, in pencil on verso, lower left: James Howie Photo Studio just right or left of white awning.

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1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Scottish, Princes Street from the National Gallery, Edinburgh, between 1870 and 1880, albumen print from collodion on glass negative. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of anonymous donor, F46.125.

Princes Street from the National Gallery, Edinburgh
Princes Street from the National Gallery, Edinburgh