Burn's Monument and Arthur's Seat [Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland]. Photographer(s): Valentine, James (1815-1879)
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View of a circular monument surrounded by columns and city below, in the background, are hills and Arthur's Seat. Burn's Monument is modelled on the ancient Choragic Monument on Lysicrates in Athens. Designed by Thomas Hamiton and built in 1830-31. Albumen print; Print yellowed; loss of highlig...
[Modern salted paper print of Basset Down House]. Photographer(s): Story-Maskelyne, Nevil (1823-1911)
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View of a house on the left and a tree on the right from across a field. c 1846-1847 Salted paper print; From Nevil Story-Maskelyne's paper negatives; watermark
[Modern salted paper print of Basset Down House]. Photographer(s): Story-Maskelyne, Nevil (1823-1911)
Scope & Content:
View of a house on the left and a tree on the right from across a field. c 1846-1847 Salted paper print; From Nevil Story-Maskelyne's paper negatives; watermark
Anthony Story-Maskelyne reading to his family from The Times the news of the fall of Sebastopol, Basset Down, 1855. Photographer(s): Story-Maskelyne, Nevil (1823-1911)
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Family group posed om the terrace in front of Basset Down House. Other versions of this print supply a title: 'Fall of Sebastopol.' Basset Down, 1855.' From left to right: Anthony Story-Maskelyne, Antonia, Margaret, Agnes, Peggy Tait, Charlotte and Edmund. Salted paper print; from a glass coll...