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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

    ROSS & THOMSON (ACTIVE 1848-1864)

    Monument in Greyfriars Church Yard, Edinburgh

    c. 1849

    Salted paper print | 19.7 x 15.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2600312

    Photograph of a man standing with a boy next to the railings surrounding the monument to George Foulis of Ravelston, who was master of the King's mint, in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh. The monument features a columned facade with lower central carving, below a lintel shelf. Two caryatids.

    • Creator(s)

      Ross & Thomson (active 1848-1864) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      George Foulis (1606-33)

    • 19.7 x 15.2 cm (image)

      29.7 x 37.1 cm (page dimensions)

    • Monument in Greyfriars Church Yard [Calotype Specimens]

    • From an album presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1849

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Lothian [Scotland]
                • Edinburgh [Lothian]
                  • Greyfriars Kirkyard [Edinburgh]
                    • Foulis Monument [Greyfriars Kirkyard]
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
            • Funerary architecture
              • Funerary monuments
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Earth sciences
          • Rocks
            • Stone
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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