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Photographer, b. 1829 - d. 1887

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  • [Annan, Thomas]
    Feb. 05, 2025

    [Annan, Thomas]

    Est: £300 - £500

    [Annan, Thomas] University of Glasgow Old and New Glasgow: T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1891. Folio, out-of-series copy of 350, title-page with photogravure, 27 leaves of views (including 34 views) and 42 leaves of portraits, original grey-green cloth gilt, a little foxing to initial and final leaves

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2024

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £700 - £900

    Annan, Thomas Glasgow Corporation Water Works. Photographic Views of Loch Katrine Glasgow: printed by McLaren & Erskine, 1877. Oblong 4to, 28 albumen prints, original maroon morocco gilt, slight rubbing to joints, some fading to several photographs, a little dust-soiling and darkening

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2024

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £400 - £600

    Annan, Thomas Memorials of the Old College of Glasgow Glasgow: Thomas Annan & James Maclehose, 1871. 4to, 41 mounted photographic plates, original red cloth gilt with red gilt banded morocco spine, some rubbing, one plate dust-soiled, some light spotting

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2024

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £400 - £600

    Annan, Thomas The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1878. Second edition, 4to, one of 220 copies, 100 mounted carbon-print photographs and 3 plates, original red quarter morocco over green cloth gilt, some rubbing to covers and spine, one plate mount torn and repaired, endpapers renewed

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2024

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £400 - £600

    Annan, Thomas Photogravures from Old Closes and Streets Of Glasgow, 1900 3 photogravures from the 1900 edition of Thomas Annan's ‘Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow’, titled 'Close No 267 High Street 1897', 'Nelson Street City 1899' and 'Corner of Duke Street & High Street 1897', most likely taken by John Annan to augment his father's work, each 22 x 16.5cm, some light handling marks to mount (3) Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century Most likely taken by John Annan to augment his father's work. 

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2024

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £200 - £300

    Annan, Thomas University of Glasgow, Old and New, illustrated with views and portraits in photogravure Glasgow: T. & R. Annan, 1891. Folio, number 60 of 350 copies, 72 plates (missing plates 4&5, 6&7 and 18), original black pictorial buckram gilt, t.e.g., rubbed, spine partially detached internally, wear to edges of boards, wear and some staining to page edges

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2024

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £300 - £500

    Annan, Thomas University of Glasgow, Old and New, illustrated with views and portraits in photogravure Glasgow: T & R Annan, 1891. Folio, unnumbered out of 350. Folio, pp. [8], xxxiii, [1 (blank)], complete with 146 + 1 photogravure vignette to title page and 69 photogravure plates, untrimmed, original black cloth, rebacked, lettered gilt, bevelled edges, boards and spine slightly rubbed

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2024

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £500 - £700

    Annan, Thomas Photogravures from Old Closes and Streets Of Glasgow, 1900 4 photogravures from the 1900 edition of Thomas Annan's ‘Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow’, titled 'Closes 97 & 103 Saltmarket 1868', 'Saltmarket From Bridgegate 1968', 'High Street From The Cross 1868' and 'Close No. 136 Saltmarket 1868', 22 x 16.5cm, some light handling marks and light foxing to mount of High Street image (4)

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2024

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    Annan, Thomas Old Closes & Streets Of Glasgow, 1900, edition with 50 photogravure plates Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1900, folio, 50 photogravure plates, one produced from an early engraving, original red cloth gilt, circulating library plate and ownership inscription of Bonhill and Alexandria St. Andrew's Royal Arch Lodge, no. 321, the name Ewing Gilmour to both free-endpapers, some soiling and foxing, covers rubbed, worn and faded

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Thomas Annan (1829-1887)
    Jan. 31, 2024

    Thomas Annan (1829-1887)

    Est: £150 - £250

    Thomas Annan (1829-1887) Thomas Annan (1829-1887) A FRANCISCAN, VENICE, 1904. Photogravure, image size 195 x 137mm, sheet size 280 x 200mm, affixed to card mount along upper edge, mount size 295 x 210mm. Literature: Camera Work: The Complete Illustrations, 1903-1917, ed Taschen; Camera Work 8, 1904, p.182.

    Chiswick Auctions
  • Thomas Annan (1829-1887)
    Nov. 30, 2023

    Thomas Annan (1829-1887)

    Est: £200 - £300

    Thomas Annan (1829-1887) Thomas Annan (1829-1887) A FRANCISCAN, VENICE, 1904. Photogravure, image size 195 x 137mm, sheet size 280 x 200mm, affixed to card mount along upper edge, mount size 295 x 210mm. Literature: Camera Work: The Complete Illustrations, 1903-1917, ed Taschen; Camera Work 8, 1904, p.182.

    Chiswick Auctions
  • Thomas Annan ( 1829-1887)
    Nov. 30, 2023

    Thomas Annan ( 1829-1887)

    Est: £60 - £80

    Thomas Annan ( 1829-1887) Thomas Annan ( 1829-1887) CLOSE NO.118, HIGH STREET, 1868. Photogravure, from "The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow", published by Glasgow City Improvement Trust,1900, image size 215 x 175mm, sheet size 300 x 245mm with printed title in date lower margin recto.

    Chiswick Auctions
  • T. Annan | Glasgow City Improvement Trust: Photographs of Old Closes, Streets, &c., [c.1877], green morocco by R. Nelson
    Dec. 13, 2022

    T. Annan | Glasgow City Improvement Trust: Photographs of Old Closes, Streets, &c., [c.1877], green morocco by R. Nelson

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    [Thomas Annan (1829-1887)] Glasgow City Improvement Trust: Photographs of Old Closes, Streets, &c., Taken 1868-1877. Glasgow, [no date] Folio (509 x 407mm.), title, table of contents, 40 carbon prints on card mounts, mounted one to a page with printed titles, varying sizes (c.290 x 275mm. to 233 x 283mm., or the reverse), dark green morocco gilt by R. Nelson, embossed arms of the City of Glasgow to upper cover, gilt edges, silk endpapers, some spotting to mounts, extremities slightly rubbed "Classics of social documentary" (BL). Thomas Annan's reputation rests on this "remarkable series of photographs...commissioned by the city authorities to mark the first slum clearances, which were authorized in 1866". Annan's photographs were "designed to record the history of the buildings as well as the dreadful living conditions", and they have a "curious character of optimism, in celebration of the great civic proposal and the liberation offered to the inhabitants" (ODNB). Bid on Sotheby's

    Sotheby's
  • Thomas Annan (1829-1887)
    Nov. 25, 2022

    Thomas Annan (1829-1887)

    Est: £1,000 - £2,000

    Thomas Annan (1829-1887) Thomas Annan (1829-1887) A SELECTION OF EXHIBITION MOUNTED PRINTS, c.XIX. Albumen prints (7), image size, approx, (280 x 220mm), 4 signed and numbered recto 'T.Annan Photo' in pencil, together with 3 further studies with arched tops, of snowbounds scenes on matching card supports

    Chiswick Auctions
  • Thomas Annan (1829–1887)
    Dec. 03, 2020

    Thomas Annan (1829–1887)

    Est: £40 - £60

    Thomas Annan (1829–1887) CLOSE No.29 GALLOWGATE, 1868. Carbon print, image size, 222x178 mm, mounted on loose album leave, titled and dated in mount, lower margin.

    Chiswick Auctions
  • Thomas Annan (1829 - 1887) 'The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry'
    Oct. 28, 2020

    Thomas Annan (1829 - 1887) 'The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry'

    Est: £600 - £800

    Thomas Annan (1829 - 1887) 'The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry' SECOND EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK OF GLASGOW COUNTRY HOUSES, 1878. Hardcover, only 225 copies printed, illustrated by permanent photographs by Thomas Annan, 100 photographs included. Includes: Aikenhead House, Annfield, Auchinraith, Auchintoshan house, Auldhouse, Ballancleroch, Bardowie, Barlanark, Bedlay House, Bellahouston, Belvidere House, Blythswood House, Bredisholme, Cadder House, Calder Park, Campbellfield, Capelrig, Carbeth Guthrie, Carntyne House, Castlemilk, Cathkin, Cessnock, Clober House, Cochna, Cowlairs, Craigend Castle, Carighead, Craigmaddie, Criagpark House, Craigton, Crossbasket, Dalbeth, Daldowie, Dalmarnock House, Dalmuir House, Drumpellier, Easterhill House, Edinbarnet, Eldinbarnet, Elderslie House, Farme, Gairbraid, Gallowflat, Garnkirk House, Garscadden, Garscube, Gartferry House, Gartsherrie, Germiston, Gilmorehill, Glenarbuck, Golfhill House, Greenbank, Greenfield House, Haggs Castle, Hallside, Househill, Ibroxhill, Jordanhill, Kelvinbank House, Kelvingrove House, Kelvinside, Kenmure, Killermont, Kilmardinny, Landside, Long Calderwood, Lynn, Mains, Milheugh, Meadow Park House, Milliken House, Moore Park, Mountblow, Mount Vernon, Newton, Northwoodside House, Orbiston House, Plantation, Petershill, Pollock House, Possil, Ralston, Ralston, Rosebank, Ruchill, Scotstoun, Shield Hall, Shawfield, Slatefield, Springbank, Stobcross House, Thronbank House, Tollcross, Wellshot, Westburn, Wetthorn House, Whitehill House, Wolfe's House, York Hill; map of Glasgow 1776; map of Glasgow 1807.

    Chiswick Auctions
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2018

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    Annan, Thomas Glasgow City Improvement Trust, The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1900. Folio, 50 photogravures, original red cloth gilt, covers slightly soiled

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2018

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £600 - £800

    Annan, Thomas Photographs of Glasgow College. [Glasgow, 1866] Oblong folio, 20 mounted albumen prints, original green cloth gilt, a little foxing, a little wear to covers

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2018

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £700 - £900

    Annan, Thomas 25. Close, No. 18 Saltmarket, 1877, carbon print, 23 x 28cm, laid-down to mount with printed beneath "25. Close, No 18 Saltmarket", framed and glazed

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jun. 19, 2018

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    Annan, Thomas Glasgow City Improvement Trust, Old Closes and Streets, a series of photogravures 1868-1899. Glasgow: T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1900. Folio, one of 100 copies, 50 photogravures, original red cloth gilt, occasional slight marginal soiling, some offsetting onto tissue guards, a little fading and rubbing to covers, lacks text and half-title

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Oct. 11, 2017

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £200 - £300

    Annan, Thomas The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1870. First edition, 4to, one of 120 copies, 100 mounted carbon prints and 2 photographic reproductions of maps, original quarter red morocco gilt with green cloth covers, foxing and some damp-staining (mainly marginal) throughout, hinges splitting, covers worn and rubbed, spine peeling

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • THOMAS ANNAN | 'Old Closes and Streets: A Series of Photogravures 1868-1899'
    Apr. 05, 2017

    THOMAS ANNAN | 'Old Closes and Streets: A Series of Photogravures 1868-1899'

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    (Glasgow: T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1900, an edition of 100), a book illustrated with 50 photogravures, each with caption and date in letterpress in the margin, 1868-99. Folio, red buckram with the Glasgow city crest gilt-embossed and gilt-lettered spine (Truthful Lens 4)

    Sotheby's
  • ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) Group of five photogravures of Glasgow; Together with two photogravures after Annan
    Apr. 13, 2016

    ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) Group of five photogravures of Glasgow; Together with two photogravures after Annan

    Est: $300 - $500

    ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) Group of five photogravures of Glasgow, from The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, the 1900 edition produced by Annan's son; Together with two photogravures after Annan, from Camera Work. All fine. C Estate of Roberta K. Cohn & Richard A. Cohn, Ltd.

    DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
  • Annan, Thomas
    May. 06, 2015

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £300 - £400

    Annan, Thomas The old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1878. Second edition, large 4to, 103 plates including 100 carbon prints by Annan, mounted on leaves, original quarter red morocco gilt, some slight foxing and a little rubbing to covers

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jan. 28, 2015

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £300 - £400

    Annan, Thomas Memorials of the Old College of Glasgow. Glasgow: T. Annan, 1871. Folio, 28 (of 41) mounted carbon prints, [comprising 15 views, and portraits 1-13 of 25], original morocco-backed cloth

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Thomas Annan (1829-1887) - Close No. 148, High Street, 1868 (Plate 5, Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, 1868 - 1871)
    Nov. 21, 2014

    Thomas Annan (1829-1887) - Close No. 148, High Street, 1868 (Plate 5, Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, 1868 - 1871)

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    Carbon print mounted to contemporary board with photographer's name and title in unknown hand in pencil in the margin, 28.4 x 23.4cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/4in) Provenance: Private Collection, London

    Dreweatts 1759
  • Annan, Thomas
    May. 07, 2014

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £200 - £300

    Annan, Thomas The country houses of the old Glasgow gentry. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1878. Second edition, 4to, limited to 225 copies, 103 plates (including 100 carbon prints by Annan, mounted on leaves), original red morocco-backed green cloth, ownership inscription and marginalia in ink, a few closed tears, a little light soiling, slightly rubbed

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jan. 15, 2014

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    Annan, Thomas The old closes & streets of Glasgow. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1900. Folio, 50 photogravure plates, one of 100 copies, original red cloth gilt, interior clean with only occasional slight dust-soiling, covers faded and rubbed, repairs to top and foot of backstrip

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Sep. 04, 2013

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £400 - £600

    Annan, Thomas The old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1878. Second edition, 4to, limited to 225 copies, 103 plates (including 100 carbon prints by Annan, mounted on leaves), original red and green quarter morocco gilt, some marginal foxing, pencil annotations, spine slightly faded, some rubbing to covers and spine

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Sep. 04, 2013

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £300 - £500

    Annan, Thomas The old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1878. Second edition, 4to, limited to 225 copies, 103 plates (including 100 carbon prints by Annan, mounted on leaves), original red and green quarter morocco gilt, some spotting to preliminary and final pages, a little darkening around some photographs and slight offsetting onto text, some wrinkling to pages, covers and corners a little rubbed

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) "Close No. 128 Saltmarket [from the 'Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow' series]."
    Dec. 11, 2012

    ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) "Close No. 128 Saltmarket [from the 'Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow' series]."

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) "Close No. 128 Saltmarket [from the 'Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow' series]." Carbon print, 11 1/4x9 inches (28.6x22.9 cm.), with plate number 32 and a printed caption on mount recto. 1868-1877

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887): LONDON
    Mar. 10, 2012

    THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887): LONDON

    Est: $300 - $500

    THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887): LONDON Toned bromide. A Scottish photographer noted for being the first to record the inadequate housing of the poor. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Gerald Kornblau. 14 5/8 x 11 11/16 in., 25 x 21 in. (frame).

    STAIR
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jan. 11, 2012

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £200 - £300

    Annan, Thomas The castles and mansions of Ayrshire. Edinburgh: William Pearson, 1885. Folio, half title, 70 mounted albumen views by Annan, later blue cloth gilt, tear to half title, some light foxing to early leaves

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jan. 11, 2012

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £200 - £300

    Annan, Thomas The old country houses of the old Glasgow Gentry. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1878. Second edition, 4to, one of 225 copies, 100 mounted carbon prints, original red morocco backed cloth gilt, rubbing at edges, inner hinges strengthened, bookplate

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Sep. 07, 2011

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £2,000 - £3,000

    Annan, Thomas The old closes & streets of Glasgow. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1900. Folio, 50 photogravure plates, one of 100 copies, original red cloth gilt, some rubbing to hinges, small hole bashed in upper hinge, interior clean

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) "Close, No. 128 Saltmarket [from the 'Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow' ]."
    Dec. 08, 2009

    ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) "Close, No. 128 Saltmarket [from the 'Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow' ]."

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    ANNAN, THOMAS (1829-1887) "Close, No. 128 Saltmarket [from the 'Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow' ]." Carbon print, 11 1/4x9 inches (28.6x22.9 cm.), with the printed title and plate number "32," on mount recto. 1868-1871; printed 1877

    Swann Auction Galleries
  • THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887)
    Dec. 07, 2009

    THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887)

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887) Close, No. 28 Saltmarket, Glasgow, 1868 carbon print, printed 1878 10¾ x 9in. (27.3 x 22.8cm.)

    Christie's
  • THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887)
    Oct. 08, 2009

    THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887)

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887) Sir John Steel, R.S.A., c. 1865 albumenized salted paper print title in pencil (on the verso) 6¼ x 4¾in. (15.9 x 12cm.)

    Christie's
  • Annan, Thomas
    Feb. 04, 2009

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £200 - £300

    Annan, Thomas The old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1878. Second edition, folio, one of 225 copies, 100 albumen prints, pasted to leaves, original quarter red morocco gilt, backstrip and edges rubbed, some foxing to half title , remainder of interior clean

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Thomas Annan (1829-1887) , The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, 1900
    Nov. 15, 2008

    Thomas Annan (1829-1887) , The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, 1900

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    Grand in-4° (39,7 x 29,4 cm), bradel et percaline aubergine, reliure de l'éditeur portant les armes dorées de Glasgow sur les plats. Avec cinquante héliogravures, liste des plaques et introduction par William Young. Avec le titre et date de l'image imprimés sur chaque page.

    Sotheby's
  • THOMAS ANNAN
    Apr. 10, 2008

    THOMAS ANNAN

    Est: $5,000 - $8,000

    THOMAS ANNAN The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow. T. & R. Annan & Sons, 1900. Folio (384 x 280 mm). 50 photogravures, with guards. (Occasional light soiling and spotting.) Original navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, arms in gilt on front cover (some rubbing, faint dampstain on front cover, joints and hinges starting). ONE OF 100 COPIES OF ANNAN'S MASTERPIECE, printed for the Corporation of Glasgow, in which he records the city's slum clearance ahead of redevelopment. The compelling pictures in this important antecedent of 20th-century social documentary are "AMONGST THE MOST INTIMATE AND "MODERN" IN FEELING OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY DOCUMENTS" ( The Photobook). The Photobook, vol. I, p.49; The Truthful Lens, 185.

    Christie's
  • Annan, Thomas
    Sep. 05, 2007

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £200 - £300

    Annan, Thomas The old country houses of the Glasgow Gentry. 1878, second edition, one of 225 copies, 100 albumen prints, pasted onto leaves, original quarter morocco gilt, rubbed, gutta percha perished, some leaves loose, some foxing

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    May. 09, 2007

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £800 - £1,200

    Annan, Thomas Photographs of Glasgow College. [Glasgow, c. 1865], oblong folio, 20 mounted albumen prints, various sizes [average approx 13cm wide by 18cm high if vertical, 18cm wide by 14cm high if horizontal], a few show some edge fading, contemporary green cloth gilt, some rubbing to corners, bookplate, ink stamp to first leaf, front endpaper creased

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jan. 10, 2007

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £300 - £400

    Annan, Thomas Glasgow Corporation Water Works. Photographic Views of Loch Katrine, and of some of the principal works constructed for introducing the Water of Loch Katrine into the City of Glasgow. Glasgow, 1877, first edition, oblong folio, 28 albumen prints mounted on thick card, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, lettered in gilt, g.e., joints rubbed

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887) & JAMES CRAIG ANNAN (1864-1946)
    Nov. 28, 2006

    THOMAS ANNAN (1829-1887) & JAMES CRAIG ANNAN (1864-1946)

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow Glasgow: James MacLehose & Sons, 1900. 50 photogravure plates engraved by Annan from photographs taken for the City of Glasgow Improvement Trust. Each approx. 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (21.7 x 18.5cm.) or reverse. Introduction by William Young, engraved titles and dates 1868-1899, printed title, contents list and text. Cloth, titled on spine and with arms of the City of Glasgow in gilt on cover.

    Christie's
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jul. 11, 2006

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £5,000 - £7,000

    Annan, Thomas Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow. [c. 1868-1872], large folio, 31 mounted albumen prints by Thomas Annan, printed list of photographs, each photograph with printed caption on label affixed to lower corner, no printed title-page, contemporary green half morocco portfolio, lettered on upper cover 'Glasgow Improvements Act. 1866. Photographs of Streets, Closes &c. taken 1868-71' print sizes varying from 275 x 225mm to 380 x 310mm Note: The earliest and most comprehensive photographic record of Glasgow's slums and a pioneering social record documenting the plight of the Scottish urban poor. The industrialisation and rapid population growth in Glasgow had led, by the mid nineteenth century, to overpopulated and squalid urban living quarters in the heart of the city. When the City passed the Glasgow City Improvements Act in 1866 which authorised it to destroy the slums of the City Parish Thomas Annan was appointed to record the character and conditions of the old town prior to demolition. Using the sensitive wet collodion process in order to create negatives of sufficient quality despite low light level conditions in the narrow wynds and courts Annan took thirty to thirty five photographs between 1868 and 1871, producing two editions from the wet collodian negatives. The original and much rarer edition, consisting of 31 prints, used the albumen process and were created in very limited numbers in 1872. In 1877 Annan produced a much larger edition using Joseph Swan's carbon print process consisting of 40 prints. Carbon prints were faster and cheaper to produce and more resilient than their albumen predecessors but lacked their clarity and warmth of tone. The Paul F. Walter copy, sold at Sothebys 10 May 2001 for £20,000, comprised 40 carbon prints, as did the copy sold by Phillips de Pury in New York, 22 April 2004, for £66,000. The present copy has all the 31 albumen prints listed at the front of the volume. The copy in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, now with the prints mounted separately, comprises 30 (of 31) albumen prints. Two of the prints in the present set differ however from the SNPG copy. Plate no. 11, Close no. 115 High Street, is taken from further to the left and plate number 31, Main Street Gorbals from Rutherglen Loan, has additional figures watching the photographer from the street corner and a second cart in the left of the picture. Plate no. 3 in the present copy (High Street from the Cross) is in landscape format, giving a wider view, whereas in the SNPG copy the plate is in portrait format and shows the top of the bell tower. It is clear that Annan took more than one photograph of the same scene and printed from both negatives on different occasions. M. Frizot, The New History of Photography, Cologne, 1998, pp.348-49; M. Haworth-Booth (ed.), Exhibition catalogue, The Golden Age of British Photography, 1839-1900, London, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1984, pp.142-145; G. Fairfull-Smith. Thomas & James Craig Annan of Glasgow, 1999. Provenance: Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, book-label and book-plate.

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas
    Jul. 11, 2006

    Annan, Thomas

    Est: £300 - £500

    Annan, Thomas Photographic views of Loch Katrine and some of the principal works constructed for introducing the water of Loch Katrine into the city of Glasgow. Glasgow: Glasgow Corporation Water Works, 1877, oblong folio, 33 albumen prints, images approx 28cm wide by 21cm high, printed inscription below each image, original half red morocco gilt, rubbed, some foxing throughout Provenance: Originally presented to Hugh Brechin esp, member of the Water Commission, from the Lord Provost of the city of Glasgow. From the collection of the Drambuie Liqueur Company.

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Annan, Thomas.
    Jul. 11, 2006

    Annan, Thomas.

    Est: £300 - £500

    Annan, Thomas. The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry. Glasgow, 1870, 4to, limited to 120 copies, 102 mounted albumen prints, original red morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, some spotting to margins or text not affecting photographs Footnote: An early photographic record of the finest country houses in the environs of Glasgow.

    Lyon & Turnbull
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