Edinburgh Pictures from 1850s

Several artists painted and photographed Edinburgh during the time of James McLevy.

David Octavious Hill (1802 – 1870)

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Henry Duguid (1805 – 1860)

Capital Collection’s information about Henry Duguid

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Jane Stewart Smith (1839 – 1925)

Information about Jane Stewart Smith (Wikipedia)

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Louise J. Rayner (1832-1924)

Excellent website with all of Louise Raynor’s pictures of Edinburgh, is at Louise Raynor’s Scotland

Samuel Dukinfield Swarbreck (Circa 1799 – 1863)

Calton Gallery Information

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Thomas Annan (1829 to 1887)

Actually pictures of Glasgow, but give an idea of the poverty and living conditions in Scotland’s cities.

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William Donaldson Clark (1813 to 1873)

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