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G W Wilson Princes Street Looking East |
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1860 The photograph below looks to the East, along Princes Street, towards Calton Hill. This is a copy of a large print in the collection of Yerbury of Edinburgh made from a negative by GW Wilson. View to the East from Waverley
© Reproduced by courtesy of the Yerbury family. Click here for link to web site. Here is how the view looks today: 2006 |
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1859 An 1859 view from the same position, by George Washington Wilson, was reported in the photographic press of 1859 to have been one of the very first 'instantaneous views' to have been taken. |
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An instantaneous view was one taken with a short exposure and so showing individual figures in the scene, rather than the empty streets captured by longer exposures where none of the subjects stays still for long enough to have their images captured on film. GW Wilson was not satisfied with the image taken in 1859 so did not publish it. He returned to take more photographs from the same location in 1860. The photograph is taken from the same position. Please click on this photo to see a larger image. Carte de visite
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Thumbnail images of Princes Street |
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For more photos of Princes Street please click on a link below: These pages include photos taken several locations, including: |
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A Small Selection of Early Photos of Princes Street |
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Edinburgh Calotype Album |
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WD Clark |
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GW Wilson |
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GW Wilson (carte de visite) |
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JCH Balmain (horse drawn tram) |
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JCH Balmain |
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JG Tunny |
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GW Wilson |
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W Horsburgh |
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