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Copies of photographs in 'Old Country Houses of the Glasgow Gentry' by J. G. Smith.
551 1815/2
Description Copies of photographs in 'Old Country Houses of the Glasgow Gentry' by J. G. Smith.
Date c. 1870
Collection Copies of records from the Courtauld Institute, London, England
Catalogue Number 551 1815/2
Category All Other
Scope and Content A collection of at least 81 photographic copies of photographs from 'Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry' by J G Smith, likely the first edition 1870. The photographs were taken to illustrate the publication by the photographer Thomas Annan. The copies were made from a publication held by the Courtauld Institute by the National Buildings Record Scottish Council c1946-1954. Some of the photographs have been stamped 'Transferred from the Library of the R.I.B.A. 1936'. An edition of the publication from 1878 is held in the HES Archive (ref. bib 7936).
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