This section was totally rebuilt in May 2005 with the addition of over 200 fresh views. It is ordered into counties although many of the old names are used. It does not contain any of the fine Scottish views of George Washington Wilson which cover much of the same geographical area. These can be viewed by clicking here.
Edinburgh
Pink label on back with description'
Calton Hill from Holyrood Palace'. This is a McGlashon label. Holyrood
views are below.
Condition 9.
Order #871.
Price $18.
White label 'Edinburgh from
Calton Hill - Princes Street. No 107'.
Condition 7 (slightly dirty
sky and slight damage to mount).
Order #873.
Price $8.
Handwritten 'Edinburgh from
the Calton Hill'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #874.
Price $15.
Handwritten 'No 69. Edinburgh
from Calton Hill'. Very early hand-tinted view.
Condition. Average to good
for an early tinted view.
Order #876.
Price $12.
Green label 'Edinburgh and
its enviorons in the stereoscope. No 25. Edinburgh from Nelson's Monument'.
Condition. Fades away in distance
but an 1850s view.
Order #879.
Price $12.
'Vue panoramique de Prince's
Street a Edimbourg'.
Condition 6.
Order #881.
Price $8.
French view of Edinburgh. 'Princess
(sic) Street from Calton Hill'.
Condition 4 (fairly heavy
fading and remains of mounts on the back).
Order #882.
Price $1.
White label 'Edinburgh from
Calton Hill'.
Condition 3 (fairly heavy
fading and grubby).
Order #883.
Price $1.
White label 'Burns Monument
Edinburgh'.
Condition 5 (overall spotting).
Order #886.
Price $6.
Handwritten 'Burns Monument'.
Retailer's label 'Henry Scott, Plain and Fancy Stationer, 8 Leith Street,
Edinburgh'. An early view.
Condition 9 for age.
Order #887.
Price $10.
'Edimbourg'.
Condition. Overall light staining.
Order #888.
Price $3.
White label 'Edinburgh from
the Castle'.
Condition 3 (faded and very
grubby).
Order #892.
Price $2.
Underwood/Bierstadt 'Edinburgh
from the Castle'.
Condition. Images 8 but mount
stains.
Order #895.
Price $8.
White label 'Edinburgh Castle
from Princes Street Gardens. No 111'.
Condition 9.
Order #897.
Price $15.
White label 'Edinburgh Castle
from Johnston's Tower'.
Condition 7.
Order #899.
Price $12.
A late Wilson view 'Edinburgh
Castle.
Condition 8 but tightly trimmed
at top.
Order #900.
Price $6.
Berry, Kelley and Chadwick
'Edinburg (sic) Castle from the Caledonian Hotel'. (1906).
Condition. Yellowing and milky.
Order #901.
Price $5.
Underwood 'Edinburgh Castle
from Grassmarket'.
Condition. Mark on right image
at bottom is slight loss.
Order #902.
Price $6.
Unmarked.
Condition 8.
Order #904.
Price $12.
Another view of the Scott Monument
by McGlashon. Similar label to previous view.
Condition 5.
Order #906.
Price $4.
Lennie blindstamp 'Sir Walter
Scott's Monument, Edinburgh'. Plus short description.
Condition. Couple of foxing
spots including a large one on r/h image.
Order #907.
Price $8.
Douglas, Edinburgh.
Condition 7.
Order #908.
Price $12.
Underwood/Bierstadt version.
Condition 4 (that white mark
on r/h image is where it is torn)
Order #909.
Price $3.
Underwood 'The Scott Monument'.
Taken from an unusual direction.
Condition 8 except for fly
poo on right image which would clean off.
Order #911.
Price $8.
Again a more unusual direction
in the Waverley Series. Steam train leaving station behind trees in this
one.
Condition 9.
Order #912.
Price $12.
Keystone 'Princess (sic)
Street and Waverly (sic) Gardens'.
Condition 9.
Order #916.
Price $10.
Waverley Series 'Wellington
Statue'. Interesting Edwardian view.
Condition 8/9.
Order #917.
Price $15.
Waverley Series 'Looking towards
Nelson's Mont'. Another lively Edwardian view with tram.
Condition. Light marks in
sky.
Order #918.
Price $18.
'The Martyr's Tomb'. Lennie,
Edinburgh, blindstamp. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #921.
Price $18.
Underwood/Strohmeyer 'St Giles
Cathedral, Edinburgh'.
Condition 8.
Order #923.
Price $8.
The Waverley Series 'St Mary's
Cathedral, Edinburgh'.
Condition 8 (minor surface
scratches).
Order #924.
Price $8.
Kilburn 'Among the flowers,
Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #925.
Price $8.
Forth Bridge
'Forth Bridge'. Mechanically
produced view.
Condition. Very clear for
mechanical but slight stain.
Order #928.
Price $3.
Keystone 'The Forth Bridge,
the pride of Scotland - from an American battleship'. Descriptive text.
Condition 9.
Order #929.
Price $12.
Waverley Series 'Forth Bridge'.
Condition 8 (light scratches
and marks).
Order #930.
Price $10.
Berry, Kelley and Chadwick
'The Great Forth Bridge (450 ft high, 1 and 1/5th miles long)'.
Condition 8.
Order #2731.
Price $12.
Excelsior 'The Forth Bridge'.
Condition. Average to good
for Excelsior. One black spot on right image.
Order #2732.
Price $10.
Underwood 'Scotland's Pride
- The great Forth Bridge and the Highland Kilt'. Descriptive text.
Condition 7.
Order #2733.
Price $6.
Underwood/Strohmeyer. 'Scotland's
pride -The Great Forth Bridge and the Highland Kilt'.
Condition 8.
Order #2734.
Price $8.
Holyrood
Full text description. Dated
1866.
Condition 8.
Order #2738.
Price $10.
'Palace and Abbey of Holyrood'.
Full text on back. Nice view with figures in middle distance. Compare with
next view.
Condition 7 but light marks
on r/h image.
Order #2739.
Price $10.
Basically the same as previous
view with same text on the back, but no figures. Handwritten date 'Sep.
3rd 1878'.
Condition 8 but light mark
on r/h image is candle grease.
Order #2740.
Price $10.
Same text on the back as previous
two views but taken from a slightly different angle.
Condition 8.
Order #2741.
Price $10.
Underwood/Bierstadt 'Holyrood
Palace'.
Condition 7 (some marks and
scratches).
Order #2742.
Price $6.
Waverley Series 'Holyrood Palace'.
An interesting Edwardian view.
Condition 6 (surface marks).
Order #2743.
Price $10.
'Entrance to Holyrood Palace'.
Guards in kilts.
Condition. Surface stain on
left image.
Order #2744.
Price $6.
Lennie, Edinburgh, blindstamp.
'The Fountain at Holyrood'. Full description. A lot of people present at
some kind of gathering.
Condition 7/8 (light marks).
Order #2745.
Price $15.
The next four views bear the labels, but not the name, of Alexander McGlashon who was working in Edinburgh around 1857 to 1863. He was probably the same man who later made some very early views of Melbourne, Australia.
'Abbey of Holyrood, West Front'.
Plus historic description. Much better and lighter than scan.
Condition 9.
Order #2749.
Price $25.
Same as previous. 'East Window'.
Condition 9.
Order #2750.
Price $25.
Bears identical label to previous
view. Remounted images and label transferred.
Condition 7 (images).
Order #2751.
Price $4.
Same McGlashon view but on
its original mount.
Condition 7.
Order #2752.
Price $12.
'Abbey of Holyrood'. Full description.
Condition 8.
Order #2754.
Price $15.
'Abbey of Holyrood. 1128 A.D.'.
Full description. Dated June 1867.
Condition 9.
Order #2756.
Price $15.
'Holyrood Chapel'.
Condition 6.
Order #2757.
Price $8.
'Palace of Holyrood, Queen
Mary's Bedroom'. Full text. A view much appreciated in Washington.
Condition 8.
Order #2758.
Price $10.
Same series as previous view
with full text. 'Palace of Holyrood, Queen Mary's Bedroom'.
Condition 8.
Order #2759.
Price $15.
Roslyn Chapel and Glen (don't forget, more views in the Wilson pages)
White label with border 'A
View in Roslin Glen (King's Scotch landscape and architectural series)
No 209'.
Condition. Slight image fault
on r/h image. Number etc. scratched in neg. at white band on left.
Order #2760.
Price $8.
This is an untitled view
of Hawthornden House, seven miles south of Edinburgh. Handwritten 'Wallace's Cave'.
Condition 7.
Order #2765.
Price $10.
Another untitled view
of Hawthornden House with people posing.
Condition 8/9.
Order #2766.
Price $12.
Glasgow White label 'George Square,
Glasgow'.
Handwritten 'Glasgow'.
Handwritten 'Glasgow'.
Untitled but much better than
the previous view.
Seller's blindstamp. 'Interior
of Glasgow Cathedral, the South Aisle'. Plus short description.Condition
8 (some marks on mount).
Handwritten 'Glasgow Necropolis'.
White label 'The Broomielaw
and Glasgow Bridge'. A lot more traffic on this one.
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Condition 5 (moderate fading
AND split thru middle not affecting images).
Order #2768.
Price $5.
Condition 7.
Order #2769.
Price $8.
Condition 6/7.
Order #2770.
Price $8.
Condition 8 but slight water
stains to mount.
Order #2771.
Price $12.
Order #2774.
Price $10.
Condition 8.
Order #2776.
Price $12.
Condition 5.
Order #2778.
Price $6.
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Far North and Islands, incl. Caithness,
Inverness, Kilravock Castle, Fall of Foyers, Caledonian Canal,
Morayshire incl. Elgin,
Banffshire incl. Macduff, Keith,
Aberdeen(shire) incl. Balmoral, Linn of Dee, Braemar, Garr-Valt,
Kincardinshire incl. Cluny,
Angus incl. Montrose,
Ayr(shire) incl. Brig O’ Doon, Alloway,
Ross-Shire incl. Andross Castle, Castle Leod
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Kirkudbrightshire,
Roxburghshire
incl. Abbotsford, Dryburgh Abbey, Melrose Abbey,
Clackmannanshire
incl. Alva Glen,
Perth
and Kinross incl. Sterling, Bridge of Allen, Blair Atholl, Bridge of Tilt,
Dunblane Cathedral, Dunkeld incl. Cathedral, Murthly Castle, Doune Castle,
Drummond Castle, Castle Campbell (Dollar), Finlarig Castle, St Andrews,
Bridge of Turk, Rumbling Bridge, River Devon, Bracklin Falls, Callender, Loch
Lubnaig, Falls of Tummell, Killiekrankie, Falls of Leny, Falls of the Bruar, Valley
of the Tay
Trossachs
incl. Trossachs Hotel, Loch Achray, Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond, Loch Venachar, Loch Eck,
Lanarkshire
incl. Falls of Clyde, Hamilton Palace,
Wigtonshire
incl. Galloway,
Argyll
& Bute incl. Oban, Inverary Castle, Inellan, Crinan Canal,
Dumfrieshire
incl. Inverthearts Abbey, Sanquhar,Isle
of Arran incl. Loch Ranya and Isle of Bute, Rothesay,
Kelso, Borders, Tweed to Berwick,
Untitled
The views of George Washington Wilson