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Sixty-nine albumen photographs Author: Valentine, James Place: London Publisher: James Valentine Date: [1850s - 1870s] Description: 69 albumen photographs of the Scottish and British countryside, historic mansions and estates, and interiors. Most photographs loose. Sizes vary. James Valentine was a Scottish photographer. Valentine's of Dundee produced Scottish topographical views from the 1860s, and later became internationally famous as the producers of picture postcards. The business Valentine & Sons Ltd was founded in Dundee in 1851 by James Valentine He added portrait photography to the activities of his established Dundee business, which had been based up to 1851 on the engraving, printing and supply of business stationery. In 1855 he erected one of the largest photographic glasshouses in Britain. About 1860, he decided to emulate the success of George Washington Wilson in Aberdeen in selling topographical view photographs. In 1866 Valentine carried out his first Royal commission and received the Royal warrant in 1867. Valentine views in the nineteenth century aimed at the national middle and upper class tourist market, with the production of both drawing room albums containing selections of photographs arranged geographically and individual landscape prints. They competed with Francis Frith and George Washington Wilson, who were producing pictures of similar quality. Lot Amendments Condition: Condition varies; generally very good. Item number: 319309a