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Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1870s, A man and woman, mounted on a tie pin, Ambrotype, on tie pin, National Museums Scotland, LL/68382
Walter Fisher (Filey), 1857 (or later), A photographers advertisement for "Superior Ivory-Toned Photographs", Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68302
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), The Bishops Tower, Kirkwall, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98357
Archibald Burns, n.d., Mary Queen of Scot's Bath House, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68343
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1850s, A ceramic dish with shells, leaves and a snake, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68235
Unidentified maker, n.d., Carte-de-visite album, fan-style wooden display stand, with five internal leaves and leather covers, Carte de visite album, National Museums Scotland, LL/68350
T.R. Williams, 1850-1855, John Sims at His Pigstye, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68424
Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1860s, A surveyor with a level on a tripod, and a small boy watching, Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, mounted for wall hanging, National Museums Scotland, LL/68364
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Balmoral Castle from the North West, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98315
J.W. Newland, 1850-1857, Wet stamp for "Newland's Daguerreotypes", Wet stamp, National Museums Scotland, LL/68202
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Bonnington Falls on the Clyde, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98316
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Otter Island, Loch Katrine, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98314
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1850s, A taxidermied and mounted Grivet monkey, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68243
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Advertisement for Fownes Bro's & Co's, Childrens Gloves (Two gloveless children on a chair), Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68309
Ross & Thomson, 1847-1860, Portrait of a small girl holding a framed daguerreotype of a man, Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68220
Archibald Burns, n.d., Allan Ramsay's House, Edinburgh, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68345
Robert Howlett, n.d., Isambard Kingdom Brunel standing against a backdrop of the chains of the SS Great Eastern, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/97181
D. Fruwirth (London), n.d., An unidentified lady in front of a studio backdrop of the Crystal Palace, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68312
J. Jewell (Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle-upon-Tyne), 1880s-1890s, Portrait of a woman wearing a hat, mounted in a Christmas greetings decorated carte de visite, Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68291
Unidentified photographer, 1851, The interior of the Crystal Palace with a fountain and a Chance Bros. dioptric light in the foreground, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68248
William England, 1866 (ca), Panorama de Capellen et le Chateau de Stolzenfels (Panorama of Capellen and the Castle of Stolzenfels), [Views of the Rhine and Its Vicinity], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68407
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Clamshell Cave, Staffa, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98317
James Elliott, n.d., Very pretty indeed, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68436
John Adamson, 1855, August, David Octavius Hill, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68387
Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1860s, The heads of a couple in a painted background with the text ‘You Dirty Boy', Ambrotype, 1/8 plate, mounted for wall hanging, National Museums Scotland, LL/68368
Antoine Claudet, 1852-1855, Portrait of a soldier in uniform, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68206
T J. S. S. & C., n.d., N.B. The photograph should be trimmed the size of this card otherwise the Album may be injured and the clasps prevented from fastening, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68306
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), The Edgar Tower, Worcester, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98352
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Four young girls doing laundry and ironing, Stereocard, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68416
Antoine Claudet, 1852, Advertisement for Mr. Claudet's Daguerreotype Portrait Rooms, 107 Regent Street, London, Advertisement, National Museums Scotland, LL/68191
Edward Reeves, n.d., Unidentified girl seated by a stereoscope and album, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68322
London Stereoscopic Company, 1862, The International Exhibition of 1862 - The French Photographic Gallery, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68474
Mathew B. Brady, 1853-1854, Portrait of George R. Gliddon (1809-1857), Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68198
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Burns Monument, Edinburgh, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98329
Unidentified photographer, 1870s-1890s, Two women standing by a model car on a beach, Tintype, 1/6 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68381
Unidentified photographer, 1860, The Making of Stereographs, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68477
Unidentified photographer, Lennie (Edinburgh, retailer), 1860s, A View of Waverley Bridge, Edinburgh and the Old Town from Princes Street, Stereocard, tissue view, National Museums Scotland, LL/68515
James Charles Smallcombe (London, 1821-1893), n.d., A gentleman in top hat by studio sea scape,, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68301
W. Cooper (Birmingham), n.d., Unidentified lady with a stereoscope, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68321
Unidentified photographer (sold by London Stereoscopic Company, Sydenham), 1851 (ca), John Bell's sculpture Una and the Lion, at the Crystal Palace, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68238
T.R. Williams, 1850-1855, Rick Making, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68427
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Wells Cathedral - The Nave looking East, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98353
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Stonebyres Falls on the Clyde, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98319
J. Douglas, 1856 (ca), Portrait of a young woman in mourning, holding a daguerreotype and wearing a daguerreotype bracelet, Ambrotype, 1/8 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68196
T.R. Williams, 1850s, Portrait of an unidentified woman in a pale purple dress with a zigzag white lace design and a black shawl, Daguerreotype, stereo, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68259
Antonio Sorgato, n.d., Photographer Carlo Ponti (c. 1823-1893) with his Megalethoscope, a form of early projector, capable of producing day or night views of the same image, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68273
James Elliott, n.d., Very pretty indeed, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68435
John Adamson, 1855, Sir David Brewster, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68388
Unidentified photographer, 1855 (ca), Oval gilt brooch with a daguerreotype of a man with large sideburns, with woven hair on the reverse and engraved "W. Bishop, born March 30th 1812, married June 18th 1844, died June 1st 1854 aged 42 years", Brooch, with daguerreotype, National Museums Scotland, LL/68264
T.R. Williams, 1850-1855, The Village Schoolmistress, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68430
Unidentified photographer, n.d., The Laundry, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68410
Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1860s, A young boy wearing a blue dress, Ambrotype, National Museums Scotland, LL/68360
Elliott & Fry, 1865-1886, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/65136
Michael Burr, 1860-1865, Fast Day - A Horrible Intrusion, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68418
John Moffat, n.d., Henry Fox Talbot, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68275
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), View in Glencoe, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98333
The London School of Photography, n.d., Unidentified gentleman standing by a stereoscope on a stand, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68323
George Ruff (Brighton), 1858, 30 January, Two dolls on a chair, Ambrotype, 1/9 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68367
William Edward Kilburn, 1852-1855, Portrait of a seated elderly woman wearing a white bonnet and a black dress, Daguerreotype, 1/8 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68222
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Unidentified gentleman standing by a table with a stereoscope, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68320
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Roslyn Chapel - South Door, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98326
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1850s, A still life showing a taxidermied white cat, balls of wool, a bottle of water and a glass on a tablecloth, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68242
Frederick Jones (London), 1862-1868, A seated man holding strings, possibly a puppeteer, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68311
T.R. Williams, 1856, Scenes in Our Larder (Onions), depicting a rustic still life with a dead hare, pheasant, birds, and other game, a rake, a lantern, a jar labelled 'Onions' and a sack with a tag, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68239
William Edward Kilburn, 1852-1855, Portrait of a young woman, leaning on a chair and wearing a striped dress, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68208
William Russell Sedgfield, 1855-1866, Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover, [Sedgfield's English Scenery, no. 673], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68445
James Elliott, n.d., Secret Assistance, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68440
Joseph Green (Reading), n.d., A maid, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68300
George Washington Wilson, 1863, The Hermitage Bridge, Dunkeld, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98334
C. & J. Taylor (Islington, London), n.d., Unidentified fireman in protective uniform, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68334
Lowden/Scott's (patent), 1856, Stereoscope no.199 on a lacquered-brass and wooden column and turned wooden base, sold by Negretti & Zambra, London, Stereoscope, National Museums Scotland, LL/68400
John Adamson, 1860s, Amelia Paton (Mrs D.O. Hill), Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68392
George Washington Wilson, 1860, HMS Royal Albert in the Firth of Forth, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98337
Francis Frith, n.d., Carnarvon Castle, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68337
Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1860s, A double memorial portrait of a dead child, Ambrotypes, National Museums Scotland, LL/68361
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Memnonium at Thebes, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68460
John Adamson, 1850s, Miss Johnstone, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68385
W.H. Schwartz (Brighton), 1850s-1860s, Heads of a couple above pictures of donkeys, in a painted background from a seaside entertainment, Ambrotype, 1/8 plate, mounted for wall hanging, National Museums Scotland, LL/68366
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, View in the Principal Court of the Large Temple at Philae, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68452
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, View in the Principal Court of the Large Temple at Philae, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68451
James McDonald, 1869, Wady Aleyat and Jebel Serbal, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68402
Unidentified photographer, 1851, The Crystal Palace, showing a view of the Western Hall, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68251
J.E. Mayall, 1853-1855, Portrait of a seated elderly woman wearing spectacles knitting an intricate two needle pattern, Daguerreotype, 1/8 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68216
T.R. Williams, 1854, The Telescope Gallery [Crystal Palace], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68475
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1852 (ca), Eye chart stereocard, stereo-lithograph made from a stereo-daguerreotype, depicting a seated man leaning on a book on a table, Stereo lithograph, National Museums Scotland, LL/68270
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Dr Bejamin Miller with a microscope, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68310
J.E. Mayall, 1847-1855, Portrait of a seated middle-aged man, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68225
William Russell Sedgfield, 1855-1866, Peterborough Cathedral, The Nave, [Sedgfield's English Scenery, no. 492], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68442
George Washington Wilson, n.d., A Bay on Loch Katrine, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98318
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1850s, Geological still life, with instruments and minerals used in the science of crystallography, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68233
Archibald Burns, 1850s-1880s, Calton Hill From the North Bridge, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68355
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, usually called 'Pharoah's Bed', Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68455
John Cooper (Wigan), n.d., Portrait of an unidentified female coal worker with a spade and sieve, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68294
The London School of Photography, 1858-1860, A man holding the bridle of a grey horse in a harness, Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68376
Unidentified photographer, n.d., The Laundry, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68413
Louis Pierson, 1844-1860, Portrait of a seated man with one arm propped on a book lying on a table, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68246
J.W. Allen (Princes St., Duned), n.d., Three unidentified Fijian men, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68348
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Portrait of a man in a hat with a stereo camera, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68305
Carlo Ponti, n.d., Backmark for Carlo Ponti, Carte de visite, back, National Museums Scotland, LL/68274
James Elliott, n.d., Happiest Day of my Life, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68422
John Paul (Calcutta), 1858-1861, Portrait of a seated middle-aged woman wearing a bonnet. Probably a reversed copy by John Paul of Calcutta of an original by J.J.E. Mayall of London, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68205
John Thomas (Liverpool), n.d., Speciman, Medallion Portraits, 2/6 Per Dozen, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68308
Unidentified photographer, n.d., The Great Eastern in Southampton Water, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68472
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1851, A view looking north showing the elm tree in the Crystal Palace Transept at The Great Exhibition,, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68249
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Portico of the Temple of Dendera, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68450
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of two small girls reading, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68232
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Edinburgh - Waverley Bridge and Old Town, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98330
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Sikander Jahan, Begum of Bhopal State, India, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68193
Antoine Claudet, 1855-1858, Portrait of man wearing a red military uniform adorned with medals, suggesting the rank of Cavalry Major, Daguerreotype, stereo, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68258
Unidentified photographer, 1860s-1870s, Berlin, Unter den Linden, Stereocard, tissue view, National Museums Scotland, LL/68521
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Dhu Loch Avenue, Inverary, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98354
William John Naudin (Kensington), 1894-1909, Portrait of an unidentified nurse, wearing a medal on a ribbon, possibly the Royal Red Cross, a nursing gallantry award, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68295
Jules Duboscq and C.W. Dixey, 1850s, A model grotto with a church and other buildings amongst trees, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68255
J. Bartlett (Oxfordshire), n.d., A gardener, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68293
Timothy Lebeau, 1852, A view of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons London, including specimens and sculptures, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68234
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), The Bowder Stone - Borrowdale, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98350
Calcutta Fine Art Photographic Studio (Calcutta), n.d., A child on a swing holding statuette of man fighting a tiger, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68315
George Washington Wilson, 1865 (possibly), A 'Bit' in the Trossachs, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98324
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Balmoral Castle from the North West, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98331
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), George Square, Glasgow, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98355
S. Beverley (Blackpool, c. 1880s - 1890s (fl.)), 1880s-1890s, Portrait of a young woman, Tintype, cameo-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68283
J. Craig, 1853 (ca), Advertisement poster for daguerreotype portraits by Mr. John Craig, an itinerant photographer at Saffron Walden [England], Advertisement, National Museums Scotland, LL/68189
Francis Frith, 1857, Jerusalem, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68465
James Elliott, n.d., Happiest Day of my Life, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68421
Archibald Burns, 1850s-1880s, View of Edinburgh from the castle, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68357
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Loch-in-Dorb, Morayshire, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98344
T.R. Williams, 1855, The Church Seen Through the Trees, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68423
Beard's Photographic Institutions (London and Liverpool), 1852-1854, Portrait of the head and shoulders of a woman wearing a lace shawl and white bonnet, Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68223
Unidentified photographer, 1870s-1890s, A family group on a beach, a grandmother, parents and three children, Tintype, 1/8 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68395
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Temple of Edfou, of the Grecian Period, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68457
Robert Howlett & George Downes (London), 1857, The Leviathan, Steam Ship - Deck view, looking forward, taken amidships, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68471
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Stirling Castle from the cemetery, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98323
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), The Old Man of Storr, Skye, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98340
London Stereoscopic Company, 1862, The International Exhibition of 1862 - The English Picture Gallery, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68473
Anglo American Photo Company (Bristol, Birmingham and London), 1880-1884, Portrait of a bearded man, Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68289
Archibald Burns, n.d., The White House Inn, Edinburgh, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68346
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, Great Hall of Columns at Karnac, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68458
Beard's Photographic Institutions (London and Liverpool), 1852-1854, Portrait of a seated young woman wearing a bonnet, shawl and flower print dress, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68209
Unidentified photographer, 1840s-1850s, Black velvet choker with a daguerreotype of a man in a gold oval mount with braided hair in the back, Choker, with daguerreotype, National Museums Scotland, LL/68263
Camille Silvy, n.d., Unidentified young man standing in a studio garden, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68331
Unidentified photographer, 1860s-1870s, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Stereocard, tissue view, National Museums Scotland, LL/68519
Unidentified photographer, 1880s-1890s, Portrait of a small girl, Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68287
William Russell Sedgfield, n.d., Peterborough cathedral, the south aisle of the nave, [Sedgfield's English Scenery, no. 493], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68444
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, A seated young woman, with a Brewster stereoscope and a stereo view on a table beside her, Ambrotype, 1/8 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68373
John Adamson, 1850s, Miss Godfrey, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68389
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Edinburgh Castle, from the Grassmarket, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98351
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, A man in academic robes leaning on a gothic pillar, Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68374
Alfred Silvester, n.d., The Ascot, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68439
Unidentified photographer, 1840s-1850s, Bracelet containing a daguerreotype of a lady, with a gilded strap, a chain fixing and an engraved hinged cover, Bracelet, with daguerreotype, National Museums Scotland, LL/68265
T.R. Williams, 1854, The Italian Court at the Crystal Palace, [Cyrstal Palace, no. 23], Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68250
Camille Silvy, n.d., Unidentified gentleman wearing a uniform, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68330
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, Crocodile on a sand bank in the Nile, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68453
Wilson (Cupar, Fife, Scotland), n.d., Unidentified lady standing by a stereoscope, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68324
George Washington Wilson, 1863, The Lady Chapel - Roslyn [sic], Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98335
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Sphynx and the Great Pyramid, at Geezeh, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68461
Francis Bedford, n.d., Clifton - Suspension Bridge and Leigh Woods, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68335
George Washington Wilson, 1861, HMS Cambridge in Hamoaze, great gun practice - a broadside, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98343
Leon & Levy, 1860s-1870s, Londres, Albert Memorial (Albert Memorial, London), Stereocard, tissue view, National Museums Scotland, LL/68518
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Palm House, Kew Gardens, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68341
J.E. Mayall, 1862, Sir John Login, Albumen print, overpainted with oil paint, National Museums Scotland, LL/68384
Enrico Gabrielli, n.d., Portrait of a woman, possibly a maid, holding a fur, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68297
Barratt & Stanley (London), 1854-1857, Portrait of the head and shoulders of a young woman, Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68221
Unidentified photographer, 1840s-1850s, Portrait of a seated woman holding spectacles and a letter, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, carved wood and plaster frame for hanging, National Museums Scotland, LL/68231
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), At the Head of the Gairloch, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98349
Robert Howlett & George Downes (London), 1857, The Leviathan, Steam Ship - Side view, showing cradles, taken from the river side at low water, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68468
Unidentified photographer, 1840s-1850s, Portrait of a girl on a Shetland pony, with two smaller children, outside the front door of a house, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68227
J.W. Newland, 1850-1857, Portrait of a seated man holding an open book, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68201
Archibald Burns, n.d., Gravestone in Greyfrairs Churchyard, Edinburgh, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68342
C. Biskeborn (Chatham), n.d., Portrait of an unidentified lady turning the pages of a carte-de-viste album, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68304
Camille Silvy, n.d., Unidentified gentleman wearing a uniform, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68333
T.R. Williams, 1856, Objects of Vertu, depicting a still life showing the reflection of the photographer's studio in a glass dome,containing a Brewster stereoscope, shells and sculpture, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68240
John Baum (itinerant photographer), n.d., Portrait of a seated middle-aged woman with pillars and mountain backdrop, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68207
Joseph J. Ponder (probably, itinerant photographer at Lancaster), 1849, Portrait of a middle-aged man in check trousers with a library backdrop, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68224
Oliver Sarony, 1840s-1850s, Portrait of a seated midle-aged man with a mountain backdrop, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, framed for hanging, National Museums Scotland, LL/68204
Unidentified artist, 1840s-1850s, Painted miniature of a man in profile, Painted miniature, National Museums Scotland, LL/68245
John Adamson, 1860s, David Octavius Hill, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68391
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Mosques of Mardani and Sultan Hassam, City Walls, and General View looking S.W., Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68463
Unidentified photographer, 1870 (ca), An advertisement for Dr Dixon, a homeopathic practitioner and dental surgeon, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68292
Unidentified photographer, 1877, Informal portrait of four men standing in front of a poster for the London, Brighton and South Coast railway, Ambrotype, 1/8 plate, mounted for wall hanging, National Museums Scotland, LL/68370
Richard Lowe (Cheltenham), 1850-1856, Portrait of depicting a seated young woman wearing a large paisley shawl, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68211
Richard Brown (Liverpool), n.d., An advertisement for "The Photographer Richard Brown", Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68307
Poulson (Ramsgate, England), 1882, A Ramsgate beach scene with beach photographers, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68393
James McDonald, 1869, Jebel ed Deir near the Convent of St. Katherine, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68406
Camille Silvy, n.d., Unidentified lady wearing crinoline, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68328
Unidentified photographer, 1870s-1890s, Portrait of a girl in sailor suit sitting in a boat and holding a spade, Tintype, cameo-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68278
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, View between the Upper Portions of the two Principal Pylons at Philae, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68454
James Elliott, 1855-1860, Nice Duck, Sir?, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68434
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Rock Temple of Derr, now the chief town in Nubia, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68447
Charles F. Ravis, 1857-1859, Two unidentified women, one seated and one standing, the latter holding a plant on a plinth, Ambrotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68378
Antoine Claudet, 1852-1868, Portrait of a seated gentleman, cased with a manuscript label pinned inside reading ‘T. E. Whitby / Hal's grandfather',, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68210
Henry Fox Talbot, 1858 (ca), Detail of a photoglyphic Engraving plate of printed matter, Engraving plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/70767
London Stereoscopic Company, n.d., The Great Eastern, known as The Leviathan, steam ship; Side view, taken from the river side at high water, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68470
The London School of Photography, n.d., Unidentified gentleman standing by a table with a stereoscope on a stand, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68319
James Elliott, n.d., Secret Assistance, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68441
Unidentified photographer (London School of Photography), 1858-1860, Portrait of a horse held by a groom, Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/65135
James McDonald, 1869, Royal Engineers' Camp in Wady ed Deir, and Jebel Sona, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68404
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Maclean's Cross, Iona, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98341
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Lerwick and Ward of Bressay, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98358
   

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