Untitled photograph album possibly compiled by a member of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) regiment in South Africa during the 2nd Boer War and also during a tour of duty in India.
G. W. Wilson & Co.
Valentine & Sons.
An album containing a mixture of albumen and gelatin silver prints relating to the Black Watch in Africa and India, there are also a few photographs of the Fife area. The album also includes collotypes and photogravures, newspaper clippings and postcards. Some, but not all, of the photographs are captioned in ink. The album also includes cut-out illustrations from magazines.
Most of the photographers are unknown but a few prints of Scottish scenery are by Valentine & Sons and of South African scenery by 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 cataloguer,
Great Britain. Army. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
South African War, 1899-1902