James Valentine

'At the Friar's Shott, Inverness'

National Galleries of Scotland collection. Photo, National Galleries of Scotland.

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About this artwork

Artist:: James Valentine (1815 - 1879) Scottish

Title:: 'At the Friar's Shott, Inverness'

Date:: Unknown

Materials:: Collotype

Measurements:: 15.20 x 20.10 cm

Object type:: Photograph

Credit line:: Purchased 1985

Accession number:: PGP 126.9

Gallery:: Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Print Room)
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James Valentine

The Valentine company was founded in Dundee by James's father, John Valentine, in 1825. After learning the daguerreotype process in Paris in the late 1840s, James added portrait photography to the family business in 1851. By the 1860s the company had begun to cater for the growing tourist industry…

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