About this artwork
Glasgow's Jamaica Street opened in 1763 at the height of the rum and sugar trade. It runs into Glasgow Bridge spanning the River Clyde in the city centre. To this day it is as busy as it looks in this nineteenth-century photograph. Although the Valentine company specialised in views with a commercial tourist appeal, it also documented well known streets and their buildings.
Updated before 2020
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artist:James Valentine (1815 - 1879) Scottish
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title:Jamaica Street, Glasgow
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:20.5 x 13.3 cm (paper: 21.2 x 14 cm)
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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 633
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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...
