James Valentine
Public Slaughter-Houses and Cattle Market, fronting East Dock Street and Market Street, Dundee
About this artwork
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artist:James Valentine (1815 - 1879) Scottish
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title:Public Slaughter-Houses and Cattle Market, fronting East Dock Street and Market Street, Dundee
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date created:About 1871 - 1880
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:11.00 x 19.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2004
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accession number:PGP 351.46
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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...
