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Collection of photographs by George Chrystal and Francis Maxwell Chrystal, photographers, Edinburgh, Scotland

551 64

Description Collection of photographs by George Chrystal and Francis Maxwell Chrystal, photographers, Edinburgh, Scotland

Date 1845 to 1860

Collection Collection of photographs by George Chrystal and Francis Maxwell Chrystal, photographers, Edinburgh,

Catalogue Number 551 64

Category All Other

Scope and Content A large collection of photographic negatives. Many of these have been digitised.

Archive History Presented by the Chrystal family.

Related Material A set of prints was also presented to Edinburgh City Library.

Administrative History George Chrystal, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, and his son, Francis Maxwell Chrystal, created a large archive of photographs, principally of Edinburgh subjects, between 1900 and 1930.

Accruals No further accruals are expected.

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1176363

Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level

Collection Level (551 64) Collection of photographs by George Chrystal and Francis Maxwell Chrystal, photographers, Edinburgh, Scotland

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 409290 Union Canal, Leamington. View of wooden bridge. c. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 409291 Union Canal, Viewforth, Edinburgh. View over roof tops towards Edinburgh Castle including Weighing Bridge. General view. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 409292 Union Canal, Edinburgh. General view with group portrait. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 409293 Union Canal, Edinburgh. General view of canal and towpath. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 409294 Union Canal, Edinburgh. General view of canal under construction. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 409295 Union Canal, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. View of Ironbridge before removal to Leamington. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 410027 Union Canal, Semple Street, Edinburgh. View of courtyard with boys playing. c. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 421930 General view of Nos 435-449 Lawnmarket (North side of street) 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 421931 General view of Nos 290-322 Lawnmarket (South side of street). 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 421932 General view of the High Street, Edinburgh, before extension to City Chambers showing a clothes shop, a fish restaurant, the Venetian Cafe, and St Giles Bar c. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 421933 General view after extension to City Chambers 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 426603 Detail of inscribed lintel over entrance doorway 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 426662 Interior. View of cellars discovered during excavations for the Thistle Chapel 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 426670 General view 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 426684 General view of Anchor Close showing inscribed lintel above doorway 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 426688 Detail of inscribed lintel over door on West side 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 426760 View of tombstone of Adam Smith, in Canongate Churchyard. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 426761 View of Robert Fergusson's tombstone, Canongate Churchyard 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 436869 View of Haddington's Entry (Reid's Close) c. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 460251 View of N face of the rune-inscribed stone. Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 460277 General view of main entrance wynd with group of men, women and children standing in front. 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 460296 View in Dickson's Close with young girl (about 8 years old) standing at bottom of stairs 1900 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 460305 View from south east. Copy of earlier photograph on glass. c. 1850 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images SC 466079 View of 10 - 20 Princes Street from south east showing the Crown Hotel before demolition. 1900 Item Level

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