Showing 482 results

Archival description
Sir Daniel Wilson Family Photographic Collection
Print preview View:
Quebec
Quebec
Miscellaneous Canada
Miscellaneous Canada
Reverse: [original label] "Interior of Roslyn Chapel—The Apprentice’s Pillar. No. 362."
Reverse: [original label] "Interior of Roslyn Chapel—The Apprentice’s Pillar. No. 362."
Interior of Roslyn Chapel showing Apprentice’s Pillar. Same image as (136) and (137).
Interior of Roslyn Chapel showing Apprentice’s Pillar. Same image as (136) and (137).
Obverse: Four-cup hemispherical cup anemometer, sitting on table outdoors; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "64" [handwritten]
Obverse: Four-cup hemispherical cup anemometer, sitting on table outdoors; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "64" [handwritten]
Obverse: Side view of thermometers, mounted in Stevenson screen, doors open photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "63" [handwritten]
Obverse: Side view of thermometers, mounted in Stevenson screen, doors open photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "63" [handwritten]
Obverse: Nesting screen [initially called a "shed"] (doors closed), mounted on a mobile wall. Photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "60" [handwritten]
Obverse: Nesting screen [initially called a "shed"] (doors closed), mounted on a mobile wall. Photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "60" [handwritten]
Reverse: [original label] "The ‘Prentice Pillar, Rosslyn Chapel. No. 362"
Reverse: [original label] "The ‘Prentice Pillar, Rosslyn Chapel. No. 362"
Obverse: Thermometers in nesting screen, doors open: [on left] self-registering thermometers made by Negretti and Zambra, London; at top is a minimum thermometer, at bottom a maximum thermometer; [on right] psychrometer, composed of dry bulb and wet bulb thermometers, ,made by James J. Hicks, London; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "62" [handwritten]
Obverse: Thermometers in nesting screen, doors open: [on left] self-registering thermometers made by Negretti and Zambra, London; at top is a minimum thermometer, at bottom a maximum thermometer; [on right] psychrometer, composed of dry bulb and wet bulb thermometers, ,made by James J. Hicks, London; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "62" [handwritten]
Obverse: Side view of nesting screen (doors closed), mounted on a mobile wall; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "61" [handwritten]
Obverse: Side view of nesting screen (doors closed), mounted on a mobile wall; photo taken on Observatory grounds; Reverse: "61" [handwritten]
Crystal Palace, Penge Common, next to Sydenham Hill, south London. It was moved there in 1854 and remained until its destruction by fire in 1936.
Crystal Palace, Penge Common, next to Sydenham Hill, south London. It was moved there in 1854 and remained until its destruction by fire in 1936.
Reverse: Original printed label : "Lake Superior. No. 40. Pekoswa River.
Reverse: Original printed label : "Lake Superior. No. 40. Pekoswa River.
Sir Daniel Wilson Family Photographic Collection
Sir Daniel Wilson Family Photographic Collection
Niagara
Niagara
Obverse: Whirlpool Rapids below the Falls with the suspension bridge in background [bridge opened in 1855 and was replaced in 1897]; Reverse: "36" [handwritten]
Obverse: Whirlpool Rapids below the Falls with the suspension bridge in background [bridge opened in 1855 and was replaced in 1897]; Reverse: "36" [handwritten]
Reverse: Original printed label: "Lake Superior. No. 30. View on the Puc-i-tah Zebe, (Black River)"
Reverse: Original printed label: "Lake Superior. No. 30. View on the Puc-i-tah Zebe, (Black River)"
Obverse: "725 New [Upper] Suspension Bridge"; Reverse: "35" [handwritten]
Obverse: "725 New [Upper] Suspension Bridge"; Reverse: "35" [handwritten]
Canada
Canada
Scotland
Scotland
Reverse: "The Path to the Well, Tobermory, Island of Mull. No. 277." [original printed label]
Reverse: "The Path to the Well, Tobermory, Island of Mull. No. 277." [original printed label]
Reverse: [original label] "Interior of Roslyn Chapel - The Lady Chapel. No. 181."
Reverse: [original label] "Interior of Roslyn Chapel - The Lady Chapel. No. 181."
Reverse: [original label] "Hawthorn Den. No. 177."
Reverse: [original label] "Hawthorn Den. No. 177."
Reverse: "Loch Katrine, Perthshire. No. 9." [original printed label]
Reverse: "Loch Katrine, Perthshire. No. 9." [original printed label]
Reverse: "The Colonel’s Bed, Glen Ey, Braemar, a Hiding-place during the Rebellion of 1715. No. 142." [original printed label]
Reverse: "The Colonel’s Bed, Glen Ey, Braemar, a Hiding-place during the Rebellion of 1715. No. 142." [original printed label]
Reverse: "Inversnaid Falls, Loch Lomond. No. 8." [original printed label]
Reverse: "Inversnaid Falls, Loch Lomond. No. 8." [original printed label]
Reverse: "A Calm—The Iron-bound Coast of the Meanrs. No. 73" [original printed label]
Reverse: "A Calm—The Iron-bound Coast of the Meanrs. No. 73" [original printed label]
Reverse: "Fingal’s Cave, Staffa. No. 17" [original printed label] ; "G.W. Wilson 1856-63" [handwritten note by donor]; Note: The writing in the reverse of items (158) - (160) is all in the same hand
Reverse: "Fingal’s Cave, Staffa. No. 17" [original printed label] ; "G.W. Wilson 1856-63" [handwritten note by donor]; Note: The writing in the reverse of items (158) - (160) is all in the same hand
Tasmania
Tasmania
Obverse: "Dr. Wilson with Westcote Lyttleton's kindest regards. Ferns from Mount Wellington, Hobart Town, Tasmania. Jany 22nd 1856 [or 1886]" [handwritten]
Obverse: "Dr. Wilson with Westcote Lyttleton's kindest regards. Ferns from Mount Wellington, Hobart Town, Tasmania. Jany 22nd 1856 [or 1886]" [handwritten]
Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs. Burns’ Monument & Old Town from Calton Hill. No. 13…"
Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs. Burns’ Monument & Old Town from Calton Hill. No. 13…"
Reverse: [original label] "Heriot’s Hospital", with description
Reverse: [original label] "Heriot’s Hospital", with description
Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs in the Stereoscope. No. 60—Royal Institution, and Scott Monument."
Reverse: [original label] "Edinburgh and its Environs in the Stereoscope. No. 60—Royal Institution, and Scott Monument."
Miscellaneous subjects
Miscellaneous subjects
Still life
Still life
Obverse: "Beautiful in Death" [original]; image of several plants in funerary floral arrangement
Obverse: "Beautiful in Death" [original]; image of several plants in funerary floral arrangement
Obverse: "Heriot’s Hospital" + description [original label] ; "Actually a school! A. McGlashan joined by D.O. Hill in 1860" [donor’s note]
Obverse: "Heriot’s Hospital" + description [original label] ; "Actually a school! A. McGlashan joined by D.O. Hill in 1860" [donor’s note]
United States of America
United States of America
Obverse: No "188" on image. Reverse: Original printed label, "Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 188. Broadway on a Rainy Day."
Obverse: No "188" on image. Reverse: Original printed label, "Anthony’s Instantaneous Views, No. 188. Broadway on a Rainy Day."
Obverse: "American Scenery" series: "Mauch Chunk [now Jim Thorpe, PA]. 1709. View South from Mansion House"
Obverse: "American Scenery" series: "Mauch Chunk [now Jim Thorpe, PA]. 1709. View South from Mansion House"
Reverse: "No 102" [handwritten] ; "Views in China. Canton. View of the Canton River, Junks, and the Island of Honan.", with further description [original]
Reverse: "No 102" [handwritten] ; "Views in China. Canton. View of the Canton River, Junks, and the Island of Honan.", with further description [original]
New York
New York
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Reverse: "No 103" [handwritten]; "Views in China. Canton. The West Gate of the City, taken from the outside of the city walls," with further description [original]
Reverse: "No 103" [handwritten]; "Views in China. Canton. The West Gate of the City, taken from the outside of the city walls," with further description [original]
Reverse: "No. 164. Terrapin Tower and Horse Shoe Fall from Goat Island" [original printed label] [donor’s note] "Terrapin Tower for visit of Prince Arthur 1860+"
Reverse: "No. 164. Terrapin Tower and Horse Shoe Fall from Goat Island" [original printed label] [donor’s note] "Terrapin Tower for visit of Prince Arthur 1860+"
China and India
China and India
Reverse: "No. 70. Niagara. The Horse Shoe Fall from Goat Island" [original printed label]
Reverse: "No. 70. Niagara. The Horse Shoe Fall from Goat Island" [original printed label]
California
California
Reverse: Original printed label, "Beauties of the Hudson. No. 362 [note: has been crossed out and "1947" handwritten instead]. From Break-Neck, Looking South."
Reverse: Original printed label, "Beauties of the Hudson. No. 362 [note: has been crossed out and "1947" handwritten instead]. From Break-Neck, Looking South."
Reverse: Original printed label, "Beauties of the Hudson River. No. 7093 [note: has been crossed out and 7092 handwritten instead].Steamboat Dock above Peekskill."
Reverse: Original printed label, "Beauties of the Hudson River. No. 7093 [note: has been crossed out and 7092 handwritten instead].Steamboat Dock above Peekskill."
Reverse: "Niagara in Winter. No. 6060. Ice jam on the rapids." [original printed label]
Reverse: "Niagara in Winter. No. 6060. Ice jam on the rapids." [original printed label]
Results 1 to 50 of 482