James Valentine (1815-1879) - Collection of 78 19th century albumen photographs

A large collection of 78 mostly albumen prints.
19 sheets with photographs glued on both sides.
9 sheets with photographs glued on one side.

53 signed in the negative by J.V. (James Valentine) mentioning the place where it was taken.
19 not signed
6 signed by others J.P., CN (2), FF & Co (2), Hudson's Series
13 sheets ca. 35 x 26,5 cm.
15 sheets ca. 26 x 18,5 cm.

49 photographs ca. 20 x 15 cm.
24 photographs ca. 15 x 10 cm.
3 photographs ca. 29 x 19 cm.
1 photographs ca. 23 x 18 cm.
1 photographs ca. 26 x 16 cm.

¶ James Valentine (1815-1879) 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. About 1860, he decided to emulate the success of George Washington Wilson in Aberdeen in selling topographical view photographs.

Places: Teignmouth, Goring, London, Hereford, Killarney, York, Jersey, Torquay, Loch Maree, Dunkeld, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Glengarriff, Abergavenny, Bournmouth, Ledbury, Bedford, Warwick, etc.

Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.

Some foxing on the cardboard. Not much discolouring, the photographs are generally in good condition.