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Princes Street, from King Street

Princes Street, from King Street

1868
Old Vennel, off High Street

Old Vennel, off High Street

1868
Close, No 193 High Street

Close, No 193 High Street

1868
Old Building, High Street

Old Building, High Street

1868
Close, No 118 High Street

Close, No 118 High Street

1868
King Street

King Street

1868
Beatrice Cenci

Beatrice Cenci

1868-1872
Close, No 75 High Street

Close, No 75 High Street

1868
Head of High Street

Head of High Street

1868
High Street, from College Open

High Street, from College Open

1868
Broad Close, No 167 High Street

Broad Close, No 167 High Street

1868
Close, No 28 Saltmarket

Close, No 28 Saltmarket

1868
Tontine Building, Trongate

Tontine Building, Trongate

1868
Close, No37 High Street

Close, No37 High Street

1868
Laigh Kirk Close

Laigh Kirk Close

1868
Trongate, from Tron Steeple

Trongate, from Tron Steeple

1868
Close, No 46 Saltmarket

Close, No 46 Saltmarket

1868
Close, No 148 High Street

Close, No 148 High Street

1868
High Street, from the Cross

High Street, from the Cross

1868
Close, No 80 High Street

Close, No 80 High Street

1868
Close, No 65 High Street

Close, No 65 High Street

1868
Close, No 18 Saltmarket

Close, No 18 Saltmarket

1868
The Day Dream

The Day Dream

1867-1875
Bell Street, from High Street

Bell Street, from High Street

1868
Close, No 101 High Street

Close, No 101 High Street

1868
Collegiate Church, Varello

Collegiate Church, Varello

Close, No 83 High Street

Close, No 83 High Street

1868
Close, No 29 Gallowgate

Close, No 29 Gallowgate

1868
Close, No 115 High Street

Close, No 115 High Street

1868
Close, No 31 Saltmarket

Close, No 31 Saltmarket

1868
A carbon print entitled 'A Derelict Moorland Farm, Haworth, Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'', by Alexander Keighley, signed, c 1930. Exhibition label on reverse dated 1931-1932.

A Derelict Moorland Farm, Haworth, Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights'

1931
Book: 'Glasgow City Improvement Trust; photographs of old closes, streets etc. taken 1868-1877'. Contains 40 carbon photographs by Thomas Annan.

Glasgow City Improvement Trust; photographs of old closes, streets etc. taken 1868-1877

1868-1877
A photograph entitled 'Aqueduct at Nepi', taken by Alexander Keighley in Italy. Carbon print, signed on the front of the image, undated.

Aqueduct at Nepi

A photograph entitled 'An Eastern Parlour, Damascus', by Alexander Keighley. Carbon print, signed on the bottom of the image, undated.

An Eastern Parlour, Damascus

225mm diameter white plate with perforated edge; moulded decoration of cherubs, scrolls etc; 100mm diameter blue-black carbon print of young girl; label on back reads: "This picture is not burnt in. It is made by the carbon process and will not fade…For better protection against abrasion it is coated with transparent varnish..."

Plate with applied carbon photograph

A photograph entitled 'Grace Before Meat', taken by Alexander Keighley, 1901. Carbon Print, signed on front of image, title written on reverse.

Grace Before Meat

1901
90 mounted carbon prints, in 4 portfolios, by Alexander Keighley. Exhibited 1924-1947.

Four Portfolios of Carbon Prints by Alexander Keighley

1924-1947
Carbon transfer print of old houses in Aldgate, London, by Henry Dixon. Inscription print in ink along bottom of print. Japoniste outlines around print edge. Taken for the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London. The Society for Photographing Relics of Old London (SPROL) was set up to record historical buildings threatened with demolition. There are 120 carbon prints in the series, published between 1875 and 1886.

Old Houses, Aldgate

1879-1883
Framed blue-toned carbon print by Herbert Ponting 'TERRA NOVA ICEBOUND', c 1910. With blind stamped signature.

Terra Nova Icebound

circa 1910
A photograph entitled 'Adieu', taken by Alexander Keighley in 1903. Carbon print, signed on the lower left hand side of the image.

Adieu

1903
A photograph entitled 'A Spring Idyll', taken by Alexander Keighley in about 1905. Carbon print, signed.

A Spring Idyll

1905
A photograph entitled 'The Vesper Bell', taken by Alexander Keighley. Carbon print, signed in the bottom left hand corner of the image and with the title handwritten on the reverse of the support. Undated.

The Vesper Bell

A photograph entitled 'The Old Cloister', taken by Alexander Keighley in 1942. Carbon print, signed on the front of the print, undated.

The Old Cloister

1942
Print, autotypograph, carbon print, ‘Experimental Specimens of the New Art of Autotypography’ George Wallis (1811-1891), artist, museum curator and art educator. Platemark 8.6x5.8cm laid on card 8.5x15cm. Sheet letterpress Inscribed in pencil, b.l.: ‘At Nuremberg’, b.r.: ‘Geo Wallis 1860’. Printed label affixed beneath specimen, ‘Experimental Specimen of the New Art of Autotypography (Patented). George Wallis, Inventor and Patentee. Drawing executed in...45 minutes, Plate engraved in one second’, with explanation of the process as patented. Autotypograph and label are the only two held here, other items are at this number, specimens illustrating the autotypographic process: Artist's drawings, engraved plate prints and transfers to pottery (‘Bat’ process). These items stamped Woodcroft Bequest 1903, inked M1509B, presented by George Wallis to Mechanics Division 1877. Wallis was Keeper of South Kensington Museum, see file papers.

Autotypograph, experimental speciman by George Wallis, 1860

1860
A photograph entitled 'The Inner Gate', taken by Alexander Keighley. Carbon print, unsigned, undated.

The Inner Gate

A photograph entitled 'The Turnip Field', taken by Alexander Keighley in about 1924. Carbon print, unsigned. Exhibition plates dated 1924-1928 have been applied to the reverse.

The Turnip Field

circa 1924
A photograph entitled 'Oxen at the Gate', taken by Alexander Keighley. Carbon print signed in the bottom right hand corner of the image, undated.

Oxen at the Gate

"The chasm", signed. Exhibition plates 1929-39

The Chasm

circa 1929
A photograph entitled 'The Old Bridge, Stirling', taken by Alexander Keighley, in about 1933. Carbon print signed on the bottom left hand side of the image. Exhibition plates from Bradford, Rugby and Scarborough dating from 1933-1936 have been attached to the reverse.

The Old Bridge Stirling

circa 1933
A photograph entitled 'A Castle of Romance', taken by Alexander Keighley in 1921. Carbon print, signed.

A Castle of Romance

1921