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Call Number:

PH-10225

Collection Name:

Picturesque "Bits" from Old Edinburgh

Creator:

Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)

Henderson, Thomas, active circa 1868

No. of Items:

15 items in 1 volume

Span Dates:

1868

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by Tony Burns, titled (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1868), containing fifteen mounted photographs by Archibald Burns (Scottish) and descriptive and historical notes by Thomas Henderson.,Photographically illustrated book, titled Picturesque "Bits" from Old Edinburgh (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1868), containing fifteen mounted albumen prints by Archibald Burns (Scottish, 1831-1880) and descriptive and historical notes by Thomas Henderson (Scottish or British, active circa 1868).

Accession No(s):

964:0220:0001-0015; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

DA 890 E3 H4 HRC-P (964:0220:0001-0015)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	High School Wynd, Cowgate.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0001

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Castle from Grassmarket.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0002

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Head of West Bow.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0003

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Advocate's Close, High Street.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0004

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Allan Ramsay's Shot, High Street.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0005

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	House of John Knox, Netherbow.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0006

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Canongate Tolbooth.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0007

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	White Horse Close, Canongate.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0008

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	King James V. Towers, Holyrood.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0009

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Doorway of Holyrood Chapel.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0010

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Queen Mary's Bath, Holyrood.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0011

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Timber-Fronted Houses, Cowgate.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0012

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	"Bit" in Bull's Close, Cowgate.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0013

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Cardinal Beaton's House, Cowgate.
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0014

Artist/Maker	Burns, Archibald (1831 - 1880)
Title	Doorway of Heriot's Hospital
Date	1868
Medium	Albumen print
Accession Number	964:0220:0015

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See Also:

Archibald Burns Photography Collection: Four additional photographs by Burns are located in the Archibald Burns Photography Collection (PH-01692).

Stereographs Photography Collection: Two additional photographs by Burns (964:0055:0106; 964:0795:0004) are located in the Stereographs Photography Collection (PH-00267).