Dr Black's Statue, East Princes St. Gardens, c 1890-c 1910
Scope and Contents
Monument to Edinburgh publisher Adam Black (1784-1874) and twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Statue by the Scottish sculptor, John Hutchison (1832-1910). As the Lord Provost, he brought about the building of the railway between Princes Street Gardens, the Castle and the Old Town, on the former site of the Nor' Loch. A print from this glass plate negative was included in the "Monuments and Restorations" section of Geddes' replacement "Cities and Town Planning Exibition". See Coll-1167/B/20. Handwritten title by R. Dykes.
Dates
- Creation: c 1890-c 1910
Creator
- From the Sub-Series: Geddes, Alasdair, 1891-1917 (geographer and sociologist) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
French
Hebrew
Latin
Dutch
Flemish
Full Extent
1 glass plate negative ; 4 1/4" x 3 1/4"
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Blind cracks; conserved 2018, sink matted, stored in larger box to core series of glass plate negatives
Stock Check (2016-2020)
Located 2017
Previous reference
PSE/M/2; A2.129(ii)
Processing Information
The printed legacy catalogue the "Papers of Sir Professor Patrick Geddes" (1998) lists this item in both the Papers (Vol I) of the catalogue, and the Photographs (Vol II). In general (with occasional exceptions) the listing in the Papers (Vol I) does not refer to a physical item but refers to the use of a print from the negatives in a particular section of the "Cities and Town Planning" exhibition. In this new online catalogue (2020), to avoid duplicate listings and to mitigate confusion, these glass plate negatives and the related prints each are only listed once in the "Photographs for the Survey of Edinburgh" series (Coll-1167/B/26 - glass plate negatives; Coll-1167/B/27 photographic prints). Cross-references are documented in the catalogue descriptions where necessary.
Geographic
Repository Details
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