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George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Dhu Loch Avenue, Inverary, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98354
Unidentified photographer, 1851, The Crystal Palace, showing a view of the Western Hall, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68251
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, View in the Principal Court of the Large Temple at Philae, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68452
William England, 1863-1868 (ca), Grandes Crevasses sur la Mer de Glace, Chamounix, Savoie (Large Cracks on the Sea of Ice, Chamounix, Savoie), [Views of Switzerland], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68479
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Unidentified gentleman standing by a table with a stereoscope, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68320
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
W.J. Robinson, (American Gem Photography Studio of Cardiff and Portsmouth), 1880s-1890s, Portrait of a small girl in a bubble, Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68276
Unidentified photographer, 1880s-1890s, Portrait of a small girl, Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68287
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Stirling Castle from the cemetery, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98323
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
George Washington Wilson, 1860, HMS Royal Albert in the Firth of Forth, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98337
S. Clifford, n.d., Waterfall on Browns River near the waterwork [Tasmania], Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68339
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
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Temple of Dakkeh, in Nubia, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68449
Unidentified artist, 1840s-1850s, Painted miniature of a man in profile, Painted miniature, National Museums Scotland, LL/68245
William Edward Kilburn, 1852-1855, Portrait of a seated woman leaning on a side table, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68200
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
Henry Frederick Van Der Weyde (182 Regent Street, London), 1888 (ca), Richard Mansfield as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Cabinet card, National Museums Scotland, LL/65138
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Portrait of a young girl, Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68284
J.W. Allen (Princes St., Duned), n.d., Three unidentified Fijian men, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68348
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Maclean's Cross, Iona, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98341
George Washington Wilson, n.d., A Bay on Loch Katrine, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98318
Unidentified photographer, 1840s-1850s, Large gilt locket containing a daguerreotype of a young man, with gold decoration, and a manuscript 'To my beloved and affectionate wife, sincerely praying we meet in heaven", Locket, with daguerreotype, National Museums Scotland, LL/68268
James Elliott, n.d., Secret Assistance, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68440
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Interior of Fingal's Cave, Staffa, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98325
J.E. Mayall, 1853-1855, Portrait of a seated woman wearing a lace bonnet, Daguerreotype, 1/8 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68212
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1850s, Geological still life, with instruments and minerals used in the science of crystallography, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68233
George Washington Wilson, 1861, HMS Cambridge in Hamoaze, great gun practice - a broadside, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98343
George Washington Wilson, 1863, The Lady Chapel - Roslyn [sic], Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98335
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
Poulson (Ramsgate, England), 1882, A Ramsgate beach scene with beach photographers, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68393
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
Unidentified photographer, n.d., The Laundry, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68411
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
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, n.d., The Great Eastern in Southampton Water, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68472
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1850s, A taxidermied and mounted Grivet monkey, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68243
William Edward Kilburn, 1852-1855, Portrait of a seated woman with a book in her hand, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68228
Walter Hudson (Hastings, Sussex, England), n.d., Memorial portrait of an unidentified young girl, Cabinet card, National Museums Scotland, LL/68359
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Palm House, Kew Gardens, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68341
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
T.R. Williams, 1850-1855, The Village Schoolmistress, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68430
T.R. Williams, 1856, The Old Larder, depicting a still life of food and wine on a table including two birds, bottles and flasks of wine, a barrel with the initials 'TRW' and baskets of vegetables, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68254
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
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, View in the Principal Court of the Large Temple at Philae, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68451
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
Unidentified photographer, 1870s-1890s, Two young women seated in a model car in a studio, Tintype, 1/6 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68379
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
John Adamson, 1860s, Amelia Paton (Mrs D.O. Hill), Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68392
American Photo Studio (William Lee, Llandudno, c. 1870s - 1890s (fl.)), 1870s-1890s, Portrait of three seated women in front of a cliff backdrop, Tintype, cameo-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68282
John Adamson, 1850s, Miss Johnstone, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68385
William England, 1863-1868 (ca), La Mer de Glace, Chamounix, Savoie (The Sea of Ice, Chamounix, Savoie), [Views of Switzerland], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68480
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, 1870s-1890s, A seated child wearing a lace dress with a tartan sash, Tintype, whole plate, hand-painted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68397
Archibald Burns, n.d., Gravestone in Greyfrairs Churchyard, Edinburgh, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68342
T.R. Williams, 1854, The Italian Court at the Crystal Palace, [Cyrstal Palace, no. 23], Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68250
William Russell Sedgfield, 1855-1866, York Minster, The West Tower, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68443
J.W. Newland, 1850-1857, Wet stamp for "Newland's Daguerreotypes", Wet stamp, National Museums Scotland, LL/68202
Alfred Silvester, n.d., The Ascot, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68439
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), The Bowder Stone - Borrowdale, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98350
J. Blake (Devonport) / London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, n.d., Four blank carte-de-visite mounts, by J. Blake, Devonport, in a green wallet by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, Carte de visite wallet, National Museums Scotland, LL/68349
John Adamson, 1850s, Miss Godfrey, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68389
Jabez Hughes, 1856, 22 August, Portrait of a young lady Catherine Claasen, Glasgow, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68195
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Four young girls doing laundry and ironing, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68415
Unidentified photographer, 1860, The Making of Stereographs, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68477
Francis Frith, n.d., Carnarvon Castle, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68337
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Wells Cathedral - The Nave looking East, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98353
T.R. Williams, 1854, The Telescope Gallery [Crystal Palace], Stereocard, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68476
Unidentified photographer, 1860s-1870s, A street scene in Paris, Stereocard, tissue view, National Museums Scotland, LL/68520
Unidentified photographer, 1857, Collins Street, East, Melbourne, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68467
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1850s, A ceramic dish with shells, leaves and a snake, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68235
Richard Brown (Liverpool), n.d., An advertisement for "The Photographer Richard Brown", Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68307
John Adamson, 1860s, David Octavius Hill, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68391
Archibald Burns, n.d., The Grassmarket and Edinburgh Castle, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68353
Unidentified photographer, n.d., The Laundry, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68412
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Balmoral Castle from the North West, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98331
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, Portrait of two small girls reading, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68232
Unidentified photographer, 1860s-1870s, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Stereocard, tissue view, National Museums Scotland, LL/68519
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
Platt D. Babbitt, 1855 (ca), Niagara Falls with three men in top hats in the foreground, Daguerreotype, whole plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68217
Michael Burr, 1860-1865, Fast Day - A Horrible Intrusion, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68417
Unidentified photographer, 1840s-1850s, Portrait of a seated man wearing a military uniform and holding a baton, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68215
T.R. Williams, 1850-1855, The Straw Yard, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68428
Alfred Silvester, n.d., The Ascot, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68438
Robert Howlett & George Downes (London), 1857, The Leviathan, Steam Ship - Deck view, looking forward, taken amidships, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68471
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Unidentified baby held by an unseen person, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68325
J.E. Mayall, 1847-1855, Portrait of a seated middle-aged man, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68225
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
Archibald Burns, n.d., The White House Inn, Edinburgh, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68346
Mathew B. Brady, 1853-1854, Portrait of George R. Gliddon (1809-1857), Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68199
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Temple of Edfou, of the Grecian Period, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68457
James Elliott, n.d., Very pretty indeed, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68436
Unidentified photographer, 1860s-1870s, Berlin, Unter den Linden, Stereocard, tissue view, National Museums Scotland, LL/68521
E. B. Mowll (Birmingham), n.d., Portrait of a nurse or maid pouring liquid from a bottle into a glass, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68296
James Elliott, n.d., Happiest Day of my Life, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68422
James Elliott, 1855-1860, Nice Duck, Sir?, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68434
Camille Silvy, n.d., Unidentified seated gentleman holding a cane, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68332
Louisa (?) Millard (Wigan), n.d., Female coal workers, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68298
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Rock Temple of Derr, now the chief town in Nubia, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68447
Archibald Burns, n.d., Allan Ramsay's House, Edinburgh, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68345
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
Giovanni Brampton Philpot, 1850-1860, Torre di Pisa, Italy, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68483
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Calton Hill, Edinburgh, with Calton Jail in the middle distance, Daguerreotype, National Museums Scotland, LL/68192
Unidentified photographer, 1860, The Making of Stereographs, Stereocard, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68478
Frederick Jones (London), 1862-1868, A seated man holding strings, possibly a puppeteer, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68311
T.R. Williams, 1850-1855, Mrs. Giles At Her Pump, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68433
C. & J. Taylor (Islington, London), n.d., A lady holding a stereoscope, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68317
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., Head of a woman in a head in cut-out, over a bathing belle body, in a painted background from a seaside entertainment, Ambrotype, 1/8 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68372
George Washington Wilson, 1862, On the Thames at Greenwich - Waiting for the Boat, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98346
James McDonald, 1869, Wady Aleyat and Jebel Serbal, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68402
Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1860s, A seated gentleman, holding a double portrait, possibly mourning those in the photographs, Ambrotype, 1/8 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68363
Unidentified photographer, 1840s-1850s, Oval brooch containing a tinted daguerreotype of a lady, in silver with strap decoration and braided hair in the back, Brooch, with daguerreotype, National Museums Scotland, LL/68269
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Burns Monument, Edinburgh, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98329
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
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
George Washington Wilson, n.d., Bonnington Falls on the Clyde, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98316
William Russell Sedgfield, 1855-1866, Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover, [Sedgfield's English Scenery, no. 673], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68445
Lucia Van Konningsveld nee Lachet (The Hague, Netherlands), 1870, Unidentified fisherwoman, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68347
Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1860s, A young boy wearing a blue dress, Ambrotype, National Museums Scotland, LL/68360
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A woman, sitting, with half the black backing paper removed to demonstrate the effect of a dark background under the bleached negative, Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68362
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
Archibald Burns, 1850s-1880s, Edinburgh From the Calton Hill, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68358
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1850s, A still life tableau of various birds mounted on a branch, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Museums Scotland, LL/68256
Richard Lowe (Cheltenham), 1850-1856, Portrait of a young girl in a white dress, sitting in a child's cane chair propped on an adult chair, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68203
John Moffat, n.d., Henry Fox Talbot, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68275
George Washington Wilson, 1863, Loch-in-Dorb, Morayshire, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98344
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
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), At the Head of the Gairloch, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98349
Unidentified photographer, 1850s, A man in academic robes leaning on a gothic pillar, Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68374
Arthur Brittlebank (London, 1873-1903 (fl.)), 1877-1881, Portrait of a young woman, Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68288
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Dr Bejamin Miller with a microscope, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68310
Mathew B. Brady, 1853-1854, Portrait of George R. Gliddon (1809-1857), Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, National Museums Scotland, LL/68198
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, National Museums Scotland, LL/68410
L. Shaw (Buntingford), n.d., A seated lady with a stereoscope in studio setting, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68318
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
Louis Jules Duboscq, 1852 (ca), Stereocard, stereo-lithograph made from a stereo-daguerreotype, depicting a taxidermy arrangement of a snake in a tree, used as an eye chart, Stereo lithograph, National Museums Scotland, LL/68271
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, usually called 'Pharoah's Bed', Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68455
Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1860s, Two men, seated by a camera and a preparation tent on a beach, Ambrotype, 1/8 plate, mounted for wall hanging, National Museums Scotland, LL/68369
James Elliott, n.d., Very pretty indeed, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68435
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
London Stereoscopic Company, 1862, The International Exhibition of 1862 - The French Photographic Gallery, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68474
George Washington Wilson, 1865 (possibly), A 'Bit' in the Trossachs, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98324
Archibald Burns, n.d., Mary Queen of Scot's Bath House, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68343
James Elliott, 1857, Broken Vows, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68420
Elliott & Fry, n.d., Folded printed carte-de-visite list, with a small envelope marked 'List of celebrities', Advertisement, National Museums Scotland, LL/68352
F. Hudson, n.d., Tennyson's Residence, Freshwater, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68340
Michael Burr, 1860-1865, Fast Day - A Horrible Intrusion, Stereocard, hand-coloured, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68418
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
John Adamson, 1850s, Miss Helen (or Ellen) Murray, Calotype, Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, National Museums Scotland, LL/68386
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
William England, 1866 (ca), Vue dans le Parc a Wiesbaden (View of the park at Weisbaden), [Views of the Rhine and Its Vicinity], Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68408
James McDonald, 1869, Summit of Jebel Musa from Jebel ed Deir, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68405
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
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
George Washington Wilson, 1863, The Colonel's Bed, Glen Ey, Braemar, a hiding place during the rebellion of 1715, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98332
Camille Silvy, n.d., Unidentified gentleman wearing a uniform, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68333
Antoine Claudet, 1852-1855, Portrait of a soldier in uniform, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68206
George W. Morgan (Viroqua, Wisconsin, 1850-1900 (fl.)), 1880s-1890s, Portrait of a small girl holding onto a chair, ‘Mamie', Tintype, cameo-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68280
George Washington Wilson, 1863, The Hermitage Bridge, Dunkeld, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98334
Unidentified photographer, 1850s-1860s, A double memorial portrait of a dead child, Ambrotypes, National Museums Scotland, LL/68361
Wilson (Cupar, Fife, Scotland), n.d., Unidentified lady standing by a stereoscope, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68324
Camille Silvy, n.d., Unidentified gentleman wearing a uniform, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68330
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Temple of Koum Ombos, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68456
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, The Memnonium at Thebes, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68460
Camille Silvy, n.d., Unidentified gentleman with a newspaper, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68329
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
Unidentified photographer (GC), 1859, Miss Gertrude Crayke (1826-1918), Albumen print, from a wet collodion negative, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68383
Francis Frith, 1856-1857, View between the Upper Portions of the two Principal Pylons at Philae, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68454
T.R. Williams, 1850-1855, Maria Carson's Washing-Day, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68425
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), On the Thames at Greenwich - Arrival of the Boat, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98347
James Elliott, n.d., Happiest Day of my Life, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68421
James Frederick Lowrie (Liverpool, 1853-1906), 1880-1881, Portrait of a woman, mounted in a Christmas greetings to 'Uncle Alford' decorated carte de visite card, Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68281
Unidentified photographer, Lennie (Edinburgh, retailer), 1860s, Life Association Building and New Club in Princes Street, Stereocard, tissue view, National Museums Scotland, LL/68517
Ross & Thomson, 1863 (registered), A cook and fishwife, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68299
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), The Old Man of Storr, Skye, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98340
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
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
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Four young girls doing laundry and ironing, Stereocard, half, detail, National Museums Scotland, LL/68416
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), George Square, Glasgow, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98355
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
Archibald Burns, 1850s-1880s, Calton Hill From the North Bridge, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68355
J.E. Mayall, 1853-1855, Portrait of a seated young woman wearing a blue dress and holding a posy, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, hand-tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68213
John Thomas (Liverpool), n.d., Speciman, Medallion Portraits, 2/6 Per Dozen, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68308
James Elliott, 1857, Broken Vows, Stereocard, hand-coloured, National Museums Scotland, LL/68419
T.R. Williams, 1850-1855, Old Dancy Enjoying His Pipe, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68429
Francis Bedford, n.d., Clifton - Suspension Bridge and Leigh Woods, Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68335
George Washington Wilson, 1860-1870 (ca), Glasgow Bridge, Stereoview, National Museums Scotland, LL/98322
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
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/68197
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
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, 1880s-1890s, Portrait of a man identified as ‘Uncle Gavin', Tintype, gem-size, mounted in a decorated carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, LL/68286
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
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
J.E. Mayall, 1859-1867, Portrait of a seated woman with a rosary and a handkerchief, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, tinted, National Museums Scotland, LL/68214
Archibald Burns, 1850s-1880s, View of Edinburgh from the castle, Stereocard, National Museums Scotland, LL/68357
   

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