Collotype Oban Scotland From SW c1900 James Valentine Photograph

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Collotype Oban Scotland From SW c1900 James Valentine Photograph:
$19.99

Photographer: James Valentine, Dundee, Scotland

Title: 11260. Oban from S.W.

Date: 1870s (image) printed later

Medium: Collotype not mounted

Size of Image: 6 x 8 inches

Size of Mount : na

Condition: Rich tonal image, sharp and clean, paper shows very light aging

Other: Nice collotype of bird’s eye view of Oban from the Southwest in Scotland. Image is listed as 1870s but print is from around 1900.

James Valentine (1815-1879) was first commissioned in 1866 by the Royal family to produce a series of Scottish views, later receiving the coveted Royal warrant as official photographer to the Queen. His son William Dobson Valentine joined the firm in the 1860s and later his brother George Dobson Valentine joined him concentrating primarily on portraiture. In 1878 the firm changed its name from James Valentine to James Valentine & Sons. Following their father’s death in 1879, the partnership continued until1884 when George went on to New Zealand to become an important landscape photographer. In the late1880’s William’s son Harbon Valentine joined the firm continuing its growth until his death in 1949. Shortly after that the firm was taken over and in 1971 a major portion of the Valentine archive was donated to St. Andrews University, Scotland. (Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography by John Hannavy)

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