Album of photographs possibly formerly belonging to a member of the Halkett family of Scotland.
An album of 83 gelatin silver prints, consisting mainly of panoramic photographs (5.5 x 17.5 cm) of landscapes in Scotland but also some of North Devon, Lynton and Lynmouth. The photographs are mostly captioned in ink. The Scottish photographs are mostly of the Highlands and include pictures of Blair Atholl highland games and Pitlochry games, and may relate to a family holiday. Members of the Halkett family appear in some of the photographs, including Charles Samuel Halkett (1855-1913), son of Samuel Halkett (former Keeper of the Advocates Library), and his daughter, Caroline Lorna Halkett (born c. 1903) and his wife Wilhelmina.
The photographer(s) are unknown.
MacKinnon collection, jointly acquired with the National Galleries of Scotland, with assistance from the Scottish Government, National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Art Fund.
At front of album the dates 1904-1905 have been written in manuscript.
Title supplied by the cataloguer.
Halkett family