Untitled album of carte-de-visite photographs, mostly taken in English studios.
Mayall, J. E.(John Jabez Edwin),1813-1901,photographer.
Cox, Alfred Wilson,1820-1890,photographer.
John Burton & Sons,photographers.
An album of 12 albumen print cartes-de-visite of miscellaneous people, including members of the British royal family, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia, with her two eldest children; and the Prince and Princess of Wales. There are photographs of paintings of the composers, Beethoven and Mozart. The photographs are not captioned and the other sitters have not been identified.
Nine of the 12 photographs have been identified from these studios: John Burton & Sons, John Jabez Edwin Mayall, E. Gregson, Alfred Wilson Cox and Francois Deron of Brussels.
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.
Carte de visite photographs.
Portraits, British