Collections

Calton Hill and the Railway from the North Bridge, Edinburgh

Identified as an albumen print from a glass negative by Roger Taylor 2005-09-02. This view is related to 1995.040.5 however details as outline dbelow suggest thatt his is the earlier of the two views.

Object data

Date	c.1853 - c.1854
Accession	1995.040.007
Materials	Support paper
Dimensions	Support 19.6cm x 22.7cm

Exhibitions

Ages of Wonder : Scotland's Art 1540 to Now, Collected by the Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture

Dates: Nov 4, 2017 - Jan 7, 2018

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy

Location: The Mound

Window to the West: the Re-discovery of Highland Art

Dates: Nov 20, 2010 - Mar 6, 2011

Venue: City Art Centre

Location: Edinburgh

A Developed Vision: Pioneering Scottish and French Photography from the RSA collections (Lobby)

Dates: Mar 6, 2009 - Apr 5, 2009

Venue: RSA, The Mound, Members Lobby

A Developed Vision: Pioneering Scottish and French Photography from the RSA collections (Library)

Dates: Apr 27, 2009 - Jul 27, 2009

Venue: Royal Scottish Academy (Library)

Location: Edinburgh

Impressed by Light, British Photographs from Paper Negatives 1840-1860 (Paris)

Dates: May 26, 2008 - Sep 7, 2008

Venue: Musée d'Orsay

Location: Paris

Impressed by Light, British Photographs from Paper Negatives 1840-1860 (Washington)

Dates: Feb 3, 2008 - May 4, 2008

Venue: National Gallery of Art

Location: Washington

Impressed by Light, British Photographs from Paper Negatives 1840-1860 (NY)

Dates: Sep 24, 2007 - Dec 30, 2007

Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Location: New York

Untitled (Edinburgh Festival Photographic Exhibition)

Dates: Aug 14, 1979 - Sep 22, 1979

Venue: Scottish Photography Group Gallery (Stills)

Location: Edinburgh

Related work

Waverley Bridge, Old Town, from Princes Street, Edinburgh

Identified as an albumen print from a glass negative by Roger Taylor 2005-09-02.

High School Yards

Accessioned as being ascribed to Tunny, there is a possibility that this could be the work of Archibald Burns

General View from Calton Hill

Tunny exhibited a work titled "Edinburgh from Calton Hill, Looking West" in a frame containing nine subjects, shown at the British Association's…

Interior of the Great Octagon Room in the Shared RSA-NGS Building During the RSA Annual Exhibition of 1860

The background to this, and its partner negative (RSA 2023.0013.2) believed to be the earliest photographic images showing an RSA Exhibition, is given…

Album of Early Scottish Photographs

Album of photographs containing one hundred and twenty-seven photographs and calotypes by various early Scottish photographers including David…