[Johnston Album]
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[Johnston Album]
1856–1859
Bound volume with salted paper prints
Gift of G. C. Monkhouse
1976.0288.0001-0174
DescriptionAn album of 174 early British and French photographs (most dating between 1856-1859). The contents represent a roster of the most famous names in the early history of the art of photography and include work by William Henry Fox Talbot and Frederick Scott Archer, inventors of the calotype and collodion processes respectively. Some of the finest work (fourteen prints) by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson is represented. From the expeditionary photographs taken by Maxime Du Camp on his trip with the French writer Gustave Flaubert in 1849-1850, there are six prints. The early founders of the Pictorial movement, Oscar Rejlander and Henry Peach Robinson contributed one print apiece. Roger Fenton, of Crimean War fame and George Washington Wilson, the Scottish landscapist are present.
The album was formed by Thomas Bumbry Johnston (1814-1897), Honorary Secretary of the Photographic Society of Scotland and great-grandfather of the donor, G.C. Monkhouse of Kodak Ltd., England.
It is believed that the album was bound shortly after the year 1859. It is also believed that the album was presented to T. B.Johnston by the Photographic Society of Scotland on July 1, 1871 in acknowledgement of his services rendered to the Society. (see note).
(see Image Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 5, May 1955, p. 34-35)
The album was formed by Thomas Bumbry Johnston (1814-1897), Honorary Secretary of the Photographic Society of Scotland and great-grandfather of the donor, G.C. Monkhouse of Kodak Ltd., England.
It is believed that the album was bound shortly after the year 1859. It is also believed that the album was presented to T. B.Johnston by the Photographic Society of Scotland on July 1, 1871 in acknowledgement of his services rendered to the Society. (see note).
(see Image Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 5, May 1955, p. 34-35)
Inscriptions Note with album (ink): These photographs [1976:0288:82-90] were taken by my grandfather T.B. Johnston who was President of the Scottish Photographic Society. He prepared and made his own negatives & paper. This is an old golfer Wattie Mure [1976:0288:82].
Note with album (ink): 1820 [underlined] / Body Snatchers who rowed across the Forth after bodies in Edinburgh were well guarded. Sir William watched his brother John's grave in Buccleigh [Buccleuch] Churchyard for more than a month at night sleeping in a small house in the church yard with a freshly loaded pistol at his side. Burke & Hare 1828.
[The Burke and Hare murders, or West Port murders, were a series of murders committed in Edinburgh, Scotland, over a period of about ten months in 1828. The killings were attributed to Irish immigrants William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses of their 16 victims to Doctor Robert Knox as dissection material for his well-attended anatomy lectures. Burke and Hare's accomplices were Burke's mistress, Helen McDougal, and Hare's wife, Margaret Laird. From their acts came the British word "burking", originally meaning to smother a victim or to commit an anatomy murder but which has since passed into general use as a word for any suppression or cover-up. (Wikipedia)
Note with album (ink): Championship [underlined] / C. Leitch 1914-20-21-26 / Wethered 22-24-25-29 / Ladies Close Champ. [underlined] / Leitch 14-19- Wethered 20-21-22-23-24 / Scottish Ladies [underlined] A. Glover 1903 / D. Campbell 1905-6-8 / Mrs. Watson 20-21-22-29. & mention word [?] in '31
This note references British women golfers of the early 20th century:
Joyce Wethered (1901-1997) is regarded as one of the greatest lady golfers of all time. Her victories include 5 English Amateur and 4 British Ladies Amateur championships. In 1920, she exploded onto the scene by beating the renowned Charlotte Cecilia (Cecil) Pitcairn Leitch (1891-1977) to win the 1920 English Ladies Championship. Miss A. Glover of Elie, Scotland, Dorothy Campbell, of North Berwick, Scotland and Mrs. Watson are less well-known.
Note with album (ink): 1820 [underlined] / Body Snatchers who rowed across the Forth after bodies in Edinburgh were well guarded. Sir William watched his brother John's grave in Buccleigh [Buccleuch] Churchyard for more than a month at night sleeping in a small house in the church yard with a freshly loaded pistol at his side. Burke & Hare 1828.
[The Burke and Hare murders, or West Port murders, were a series of murders committed in Edinburgh, Scotland, over a period of about ten months in 1828. The killings were attributed to Irish immigrants William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses of their 16 victims to Doctor Robert Knox as dissection material for his well-attended anatomy lectures. Burke and Hare's accomplices were Burke's mistress, Helen McDougal, and Hare's wife, Margaret Laird. From their acts came the British word "burking", originally meaning to smother a victim or to commit an anatomy murder but which has since passed into general use as a word for any suppression or cover-up. (Wikipedia)
Note with album (ink): Championship [underlined] / C. Leitch 1914-20-21-26 / Wethered 22-24-25-29 / Ladies Close Champ. [underlined] / Leitch 14-19- Wethered 20-21-22-23-24 / Scottish Ladies [underlined] A. Glover 1903 / D. Campbell 1905-6-8 / Mrs. Watson 20-21-22-29. & mention word [?] in '31
This note references British women golfers of the early 20th century:
Joyce Wethered (1901-1997) is regarded as one of the greatest lady golfers of all time. Her victories include 5 English Amateur and 4 British Ladies Amateur championships. In 1920, she exploded onto the scene by beating the renowned Charlotte Cecilia (Cecil) Pitcairn Leitch (1891-1977) to win the 1920 English Ladies Championship. Miss A. Glover of Elie, Scotland, Dorothy Campbell, of North Berwick, Scotland and Mrs. Watson are less well-known.
