Glasgow Exhibition
About this artwork
Glasgow magistrates had been invited to the Edinburgh International Exhibition in 1886 and were duly impressed by it. The first Glasgow International Exhibition was held in 1888. Valentine's were the official photographers for the 1938 Empire Exhibition at Glasgow's Bellahouston Park. It was quite usual to include figures in the pictures using photomontage. This was done to enable the organisers to sell postcards of 'busy exhibitions' on the opening day.
Updated before 2020
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artist:James ValentineScottish (1815 - 1879)
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title:Glasgow Exhibition
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date created:1938
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:28.8 x 19.1 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985
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accession number:PGP R 632
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gallery:
James Valentine
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...
