Untitled album of carte-de-visite photographs, some of them connected with the Heys family of Arthurlie House and South Arthurlie, Barrhead, Glasgow.
Fergus, John,1840-1908,photographer.
McKenzie, George,1827-1897,photographer.
Horsburgh, John,1835-1924,photographer.
Wilson, G. W.(George Washington),1823-1893,photographer.
G.W. Wilson & Co.,photographers.
An album of 153 albumen print cartes-de-visite, and one cabinet card, of miscellaneous people, including a few of members of the Heys family of Arthurlie House and South Arthurlie, Barrhead, Glasgow. South Arthurlie Printworks in Barrhead, printing calico cloth, was bought in the 1840s by Zechariah Heys and was run by his family until 1902 when it was taken over by the Calico Printers Association.
Some of the photographs are captioned in ink/pencil. Most of the photographers are unidentified, but there are individual specimens of cartes-de-visite from the studios of George McKenzie of Paisley, John Fergus of Largs, George Washington Wilson (G.W. Wilson & Co.) of Aberdeen, John Horsburgh of Edinburgh.
MacKinnon collection, jointly acquired with the National Galleries of Scotland, with assistance from the Scottish Government, National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Art Fund.
Title supplied by the cataloguer.
Heys family.
Carte de visite photographs.
Portraits, British