Death of The Witness
16 May 1843, Northern Warder: This calotype portrait is of William Robertson, ‘sub-editor of the Witness’. It was taken by Hill & Adamson in Edinburgh. Trove archive states that ‘it … Continue reading Death of The Witness
Tag: Photography
Plough Hotel
To learn about an old family of the Plough Hotel, Yetholm, Scottish Borders, please click on the photograph below:
Plough Inn, Yetholm
I came across this old photograph in Trove archive. I was struck by the positions of the people in the photograph: it was almost as if they had been styled … Continue reading Plough Inn, Yetholm
The onslaught
The following biography of Gilbert Holiday is provided by Sarah Colgrave Art: The following timeline is far from complete. It has been compiled by Peter Scott-Gordon from material available in … Continue reading The onslaught
Perhaps I was history itself
This film is based on faded photographs displayed in the window of the now vacant Radio & Gramophone Co, 9 Canongate, Jedburgh: Perhaps I was time itself: To play this … Continue reading Perhaps I was history itself
gold-leaf albums
An Antiquary odd, in these days! old family albums – gold-leaf fraying at the edges Hard-bound lifeless moments. Artfully-posed eyes stare back meaningless, lost without their stories.
She gangs in brawness
This homemade film is for Ella Rae (a dear friend whose voice closes the film), Catriona my older sister, and Rachel my daughter. Ella Rae died some years ago. I … Continue reading She gangs in brawness
of absence and presence
In 1855, Duncan Brown, Janitor for the Glasgow School of Art and pioneering amateur photographer, took a photograph of five men and two boys in a garden . . . … Continue reading of absence and presence