Album of photographs relating to Robert Francis Carnegie, 3rd son of 9th Earl of Southesk, and soldier in the Gordon Highlanders.
Carnegie, Robert Francis,1869-1947,compiler,photographer.
Wilson, G. W.(George Washington),1823-1893,photographer.
G. W. Wilson & Co.,photographers.
Carnegie was formerly a Captain and Brevet Major in the Gordon Highlanders 1890-1905; Capt. Reserve of Officers; he served in the Boer War 1899-1901, and was present at the siege of Ladysmith (despatches twice, Brevet Major) and in served in the 1st World War in East Africa,1914-16. He settled in Kenya where he owned a farm.
An album of 145 albumen and silver gelatin prints showing portraits of various members and friends of the Carnegie family, which are captioned in ink, and some images taken in Albania, Burma (Myanmar) and South and East Africa. The album also contains a record of shooting and fishing trips each year with lists of birds and animals shot, and watercolour and ink illustrations of fishing flies and landscapes, as well as watercolour maps and manuscript account of a trip to Zululand.
The photographers are unknown, apart from one print by George Washington Wilson (G.W. Wilson & Co.).
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.
Carnegie family
Carnegie, Robert Francis, 1869-1947.