Collections

'Society,' Edinburgh

[creator]: unknown

The photographer has been suggested to be Archibald Burns

Object data

Date	c.1850 - c.1859
Accession	1995.040.031
Type	Photograph Albumen print from glass negative
Materials	Support paper
Dimensions	Support 18.1cm x 24.8cm
Acquisition	Gift Findlay, Sir Edmund (1931)

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

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