"Hello Alex,
Interesting. I am also intrigued by McGlashon's work in Australia - I once owned a street view in Melbourne ( I went to school there) with a large shop sign with his name on it, but I sold it at Christies many years ago. If I had…"
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"Hi Joe,
Thank you for your comments. I have never seen any evidence that McGlashon was a publisher, although interestingly I have noticed that amongst the publishers he used was Alexander Hill, elder brother of Octavius Hill.
McGlashon did indeed…"
"Hello Peter (if I may),
You should get in touch with the Edinburgh Public Library where they have two albums of prints made by T. V. Begbie from his stereo pairs. They were presented to the library by his grand daughter, Mrs. Sarah Thomson. I…"
"Hi Joe
I have been collecting stereoviews of Scotland for almost 30 years now and have never seen one by Begbie - I would love to see one - has anyone any examples?"
"I have responded to Mr. Sinclair's previous posts on Thomas Vernon Begbie and I will not add to what I have said about Begbie there.
Since making those comments I have been reading through articles in the British Journal of Photography, and I…"
"Fascinating - we assume that museums and major collections get attribution correct. You would think that Edinburgh would be delighted to correctly attribute the body of work erroneously ascribed to Begbie to the much more important and influential…"
The Elusive Thomas Vernon Begbie
Thomas Begbie is known mainly because of the discovery of a cache of glass plate stereos in St James Square Edinburgh in 1955. These stereos from the late 1850s, the work of Alexander McGlashon, were incorrectly assumed to have been the work of Begbie. This post attempts to tease out what is known of BegbieCensus and other registration records point to him being born in 1841, (e.g. the 1901 census taken on 31st March gives his age as 59). The family business was that of lapidary and it seems…See More
"Hi Stephen,
I have Darrah's book, published in 1977, and there is indeed a McGlashon image of Collins Street on page 135, although it is a different image from the one above. Your friend is very fortunate to own a McGlashon original of…"
"My dear collector friend here in South Australia has a good comment on this
Hi Stephen
Have got Darrah’s book, “The World of Stereographs”? On page 135 is a McGlashon view of Collins Street Melbourne. About 35-40? Years ago,…"
A 'new' McGlashon stereoview of Melbourne
Edinburgh photographer Alexander McGlashon travelled to Australia in late 1854, remaining in Melbourne until May 1857, running a photographic business based in 7 Collins Street East. Sadly very few of his photographs from that period are known to survive. It was therefore with some excitement that I recently uncovered a “new” stereo.Edinburgh Council has an archive of…See More
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The Elusive Thomas Vernon Begbie
Thomas Begbie is known mainly because of the discovery of a cache of glass plate stereos in St James Square Edinburgh in 1955. These stereos from the late 1850s, the work of Alexander McGlashon, were incorrectly assumed to have been the work of Begbie. This post attempts to tease out what is known of Begbie
Census and other registration records point to him being born in 1841, (e.g. the 1901 census taken on 31st March gives his age as 59).…
ContinuePosted on March 15, 2023 at 17:00 — 6 Comments
A 'new' McGlashon stereoview of Melbourne
Edinburgh photographer Alexander McGlashon travelled to Australia in late 1854, remaining in Melbourne until May 1857, running a photographic business based in 7 Collins Street East. Sadly very few of his photographs from that period are known to survive. It was therefore with some excitement that I recently uncovered a “new” stereo.
Edinburgh Council…
ContinuePosted on November 21, 2019 at 14:30 — 2 Comments
The McGlashon Archive –the Begbie Mis-attribution
Some months ago while browsing the net I came upon several photographs attributed to Thomas Begbie; I recognised several of these photographs as ones which I held in my collection. This led me to the Capital Collections website of Edinburgh Council libraries and museums where I recognised several further images which I own. I then acquired a copy of the 1992 book Thomas Begbie's Edinburgh - a Mid-Victorian Portrait by Joe Rock and again there were further photographs illustrated that I own.…
ContinuePosted on August 10, 2017 at 12:30 — 4 Comments
Alexander McGlashon
Alexander McGlashon (sometimes spelled McGlashan) was born in 1811 and established a successful career as a copperplate printer in Edinburgh; examples of his printed work from about 1840 onwards can be found in various museums. As a member of the Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland he clearly had interests beyond the merely mundane and it is not surprising that he became interested in the relatively new medium of photography; while retaining his printing business this…
ContinuePosted on March 2, 2017 at 15:36 — 2 Comments
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- At 13:57 on January 12, 2017,
Roben Antoniewicz said…
Alex,
Thank you for your frank and generous comments, much appreciated.
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