[Collection of 19 loose photographs (18 of Scottish scenery by Valentine & Sons and G.W. Wilson & Co. and one of Sintra in Portugal), a stock envelope  from Valentine & Sons, two cabinet cards of the Graf (Count) and Gräfin (Countess) of Zenone di Castelceriolo, and calling card of the Countess of Zenone di Castelceriolo]
Zenone, Caesar Alois Heinrich Carl,1840- ,former owner.St EdNL
Zenone, Bertha,former owner.StEdNL
Valentine & Sons.
G.W. Wilson & Co.
[Scotland : Valentine & Sons, G.W. Wilson & Co,
1875-1900]
Loose photographs are commercial albumen prints, with captions and stock numbers, by Scotland's two main firms of the period; Valentine & Sons of Dundee and G.W. Wilson & Co. The photograph of Sintra is captioned and numbered on the back, but is by an unknown photographer
Cabinet cards are by the studios of Arthur Marx, Bavarian court photographer, and A. Bartel of Hamburg.
Cintra [Sintra], Castello dos Mouros da Pena -- Melrose Abbey -- Loch Katrine, Ellen's Isle and Ben Venue -- Loch Lomond from Luss quarries -- Looking down Glencoe from the study -- Fingal's Cave, Staffa -- Ballachulish Hotel -- The pass of Brander, Loch Awe -- Kilchurn Castle -- Loch Coruisk, Skye -- Iona Cathedral and St. Oran's Chapel -- Dunollie Castle, Oban -- Oban from the South -- Holyrood from the Calton Hill -- Edinburgh Castle from the Esplanade -- [Edinburgh, George Street] -- Knox's House, Edinburgh -- Edinburgh from Calton Hill -- Edinburgh from the Castle.  -- Stock envelope, Valentine & Sons -- Cabinet card with portrait of  Graf [Count] of Zenone di Castelceriolo -- Cabinet card with portrait of Gräfin [Countess] of Zenone di Castelceriolo -- Calling card of Bertha [Bertha]  Zenone di Castelceriolo.
The prints were acquired by Graf (Count) and Gräfin (Countess) of Zenone di Castelceriolo on a visit to Scotland c. 1900, and passed to relatives of the Countess's family after her death, c. 1945. The cabinet cards are annotated on the back "Onkel Cesar" [Caesar Alois Heinrich Carl Zenone] and "T. Bertha" [Tante (Aunt) Bertha].
Scotland Edinburgh.