[Four volumes of press-cuttings, photographs, engravings, &c., relating to the work of Sir John Steell.]
Steell, John,1804-1891.
[S.l.,
1833-1882]
Vols. 2-4 contain c. 50 photographs dating from the early 1850s (unveiling of the Wellington statue outside Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh) to the 1870s and 80s, mostly salt prints and albumen prints.
Vol. 1 (1833-1850) consists mostly of cuttings and documents relating to the Scott Monument Edinburgh -- vol. 2 (1851-1863) consisting mostly of cuttings relating to the Wellington statue in Edinburgh -- vol. 3 (1861-76) cuttings on the statues of Walter Scott, Robert Burns, Allan Ramsay and Prince Albert et al. -- vol. 4 (1876-1882) Prince Albert statue and miscellaneous, an undated cutting from Punch and a press cutting from c. 1910 have also been inserted.