Records of Messrs Inglis, landscape and architectural photographers, Edinburgh, Scotland
551 123
Description Records of Messrs Inglis, landscape and architectural photographers, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date 1900 to 1930
Collection Records of Messrs Inglis, landscape and architectural photographers, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 123
Category All Other
Scope and Content The majority of the photographs are taken in and around Edinburgh, there are 29 pictures taken in Glasgow, 21 of Paisley Abbey, 24 in Berwickshire and 18 in Roxburghshire. The photographs are architectural, covering interior and exterior details.
Archive History Scottish Colorfoto gave RCAHMS permission to make copies of these negatives around the time they acquired the Inglis business. Part of the collection was purchased in 1983 and the remainder were purchased in September 1993 after they were put up for auction. Original material purchased direct from Scottish Colorfoto and in a later purchase from an intermediary after auction. Accession numbers 1993/122 and 1994/90.
System of Arrangement RCAHMS have catalogued the material by location. The negatives were not systematically arranged before coming to RCAHMS, usually photographs of the same subject taken at the same time were stored together; much of the original order is still retained. Any prints are grouped by location.
Related Material Edinburgh Central Library holds a collection of photographs by the first Alexander Adam Inglis dating from the 1850s and 1860s. A collection of photographs by the Inglis’ predecessors at Rock House are part of the Glasgow University Special Collections. These were obtained from the Inglis family in 1941.
Access Conditions Prints taken from the negatives are available without restriction in RCAHMS public search room; access to the original negatives is restricted for conservation reasons. Permission should be obtained from Scottish Colorfoto.
Administrative History Three generations of the Inglis family worked as professional photographers. Alexander Adam Inglis acquired Archibald Burns' studio at Rock House, Calton Hill, Edinburgh in 1876. From 1881 Inglis traded under his own name as a Landscape and Architectural Photographer. The family firm remained at Rock House until 1949. His son Francis Caird Inglis took over the business in 1904 and the firm continued trading until 1973. Francis died in 1940 his son Alexander Adam Inglis continued the family business. The company first held a Royal Warrant in 1907, and held a Royal Warrant almost continually from then until 1973 when the company was sold and later incorporated into the company trading as Scottish Colorfoto.
Finding Aids Hand written lists made in 1975 are with the original boxes that contained the negative plates at the time of purchase.
Accruals The collection is closed and no further accruals are expected.
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