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The Day Dream

1867-1875

Broad Close, No 167 High Street

1868

Trongate, from Tron Steeple

1868

High Street, from the Cross

1868

Laigh Kirk Close

1868

King Street

1868

Close, No 31 Saltmarket

1868

Close, No 28 Saltmarket

1868

Close, No 18 Saltmarket

1868

Close, No 80 High Street

1868

Old Building, High Street

1868

Close, No37 High Street

1868

Close, No 65 High Street

1868

Close, No 148 High Street

1868

Close, No 193 High Street

1868

Close, No 101 High Street

1868

Close, No 115 High Street

1868

Collegiate Church, Varello

Close, No 46 Saltmarket

1868

Tontine Building, Trongate

1868

Old Vennel, off High Street

1868

Close, No 29 Gallowgate

1868

Princes Street, from King Street

1868

Head of High Street

1868

Close, No 83 High Street

1868

Close, No 75 High Street

1868

Bell Street, from High Street

1868

Close, No 118 High Street

1868

High Street, from College Open

1868

Beatrice Cenci

1868-1872

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

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

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

Lantern slides, (three) hand-colored carbon transfer prints, by Alexander Keighley. Views of Egypt. In wooden case, with lecture notes, 'Impressions of Egypt'. Incomplete.

Lantern slides, Views of Egypt

Mounted, carbon print entitled 'The Inner Gate' by Alexander Keighley, about 1930. Exhibited between 1936 and 1939, exhibition labels on reverse together with moulded brass exhibition seal on reverse 'Baltimore International Salon of Photography 1938'.

The Inner Gate

1920-1936

Carbon print entitled 'Espalion' by Alexander Keighley, showing a characteristic street scene with balconies and attic windows. This print was sold by the Photographic Union on 12 November 1949. The 'Conditions of Sale' are noted on the reverse and are signed and dated by the buyer M G Briers(?). The Photographic Union held Alexander Keighley's work after his death in 1947 and continued to sell his work.

Espalion

1930s

Carbon print - on the Arun, 1903.

Carbon print - on the Arun

1903

Series of portraits made by Swan's Carbon process, in glazed frame.

Series of portraits made by Swan's Carbon process

A photograph entitled "Peillon", taken by Alexander Keighley. Carbon print, signed, undated.

Peillon

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

Grace Before Meat

1901

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

A Spring Idyll

1905

A photograph entitled 'Afterglow, Sicily', taken by Alexander Keighley in about 1928. Carbon print, signed. Exhibition plates from Buenos Aires, Preston and Hampshire House dated 1928-1930, have been attached to the reverse.

Afterglow, Sicily

circa 1928

A photograph entitled 'The Barge', taken by Alexander Keighley. Carbon print, unsigned, undated.

The Barge

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

Four Portfolios of Carbon Prints by Alexander Keighley

1924-1947

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

The Inner Gate

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

An Eastern Parlour, Damascus

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 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 'At the Palace Gate', taken by Alexander Keighley. Carbon print, unsigned, undated.

At The Palace Gate

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