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Edinburgh Photogrpahic Society 1909 Open Exhibition |
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The 1909 Exhibition opened on 20 February 1909 by the Right Hon. Lord Dunedin. Two Exhibitions this Session In earlier sessions, EPS held an annual exhibition with separate sections for Open competition and EPS Members. In 1908-09, two separate exhibitions were held: - November 1908: Members' Exhibition - February 1909: Open Exhibition This move was welcomed by The Scotsman, The Glasgow Herald and The Evening News. The Evening Dispatch also spoke highly of the exhibition [Transactions of EPS, March 1909: p.53] |
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Exhibition Notice
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The medal photographed below is the same style as that in the advert above but, in fact, was awarded in the Lantern Slide Section of the Members' Exhibition seven years later. Exhibition Medal
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BJP Report |
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The British Journal of Photography reported:
"The
exhibition is this year an open one, a separate exhibition for
members having been held in the Autumn. By thus dividing
their activities into two parts, the Hanging Committee have been
enabled to do much greater justice to the works
submitted." The BJP Report gave particular praise to the work of John Moffat: "In Class A (portrait and figure studies) ...Hon. mention is also made of work by John Moffat ... Mr Moffat's pictures are both oil prints of great beauty and high technical excellence, one a portrait of Mr John McWhirter R.A. (No 6) and the other "Now Waiting Patient the sweet hour of rest", a charming portrayal of an old lady, absolutely simple and dignified. It might well have been granted a higher award. In addition to these two pictures mentioned, Mr Moffat also shows in this class a well composed group, "Her First Lesson". In the Landscape section ... ... A very striking picture is "The Proclamation" by John Moffat (No 63), a fine and in many ways a great representation of an historic event. Pictorial representations of such scenes are often dull and dreary in their ugliness, and of no interest to any but those who can recognise themselves or their friends in the crowd, that it is refreshing to find someone who has subordinated such ideas and dwelt rather on the massing of his lights and shadows and the giving of dignity to a great historic event. There is no niggling or undue care over details, but a real sense of breadth and design. This is one of a number of oil prints in the exhibition, and emphasizes the fact that in the hands of a good worker it is a process capable of great things." |
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Exhibition Judges Judges for the exhibition were: - Campbell Noble RSA - Robert Burns ASRA - Archibald Cochrane |
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Section I - Class A Portrait & Figure Studies Open to All |
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Medals |
R S Webster |
"Portrait" |
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James McKissack |
"At the Harbour, Volendam" |
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John Hepburn |
"The Village Smithy" |
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Honourable Mention |
John Hepburn |
"The Village Fiddler" |
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John Moffat |
"Portrait of John McWhirter RA" |
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John Moffat |
"Now
Waiting Patient |
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Kenneth F Bishop |
"It won't go Wight" |
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James Hamilton |
"Daisy" |
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P Ward-Thompson |
"Peatella" |
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Section I - Class B Landscape, Seascape or Other Subjects Open to All |
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Medals |
A Eddington |
"Birches" |
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B Ward-Thompson |
"Here Comes a Roller |
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Honourable Mentions |
W C S Fergusson |
"The Estuary" |
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James McKissack |
"The Beguinage Gateway" |
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James McKissack |
"The Fisher's Harbour, Ostend" |
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Section II Photographs in Colour |
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No Awards |
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Section III Lantern Slides |
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Medals |
W A Taylor |
Peterborough Cathedral |
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W A J Hensler |
Autumn |
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Honourable Mentions |
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Robert Marshall |
The Glories of the Departing Day |
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Thomas Carlyle |
Here, daily, from this breechen
cell |
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Medals Awarded to Andrew Paterson (Inverness) |
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Andrew Paterson I see that the recently launched Andrew Paterson Collection web site refers to and illustrates EPS Medals awarded for portraiture to Andrew Paterson in 1909 and 1920. Questions 1. How can I reconcile the Medal awarded by EPS to Andrew Paterson in 1909 and illustrated on the Andrew Paterson Collection web site with the Medals that I have listed above***? *** I believe that I took these details from contemporary editions of Transactions of EPS and The British Journal of Photography.) 2. Was the Inverness photographer and Medal winner, Andrew Paterson related to the EPS Member and Medal winner, J D Paterson, listed above? Peter Stubbs, Edinburgh: July 28, 2013 |
EPS Exhibitions
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EPS Open Exhibitions 1861 1863 1872 1873 1876 1890 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 Feb_1902 Nov_1902 1903 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1923 1924 1926 1928 1931 1937 1939 1940 1942 1945 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1969 1981 1990s 1995 Photos 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Catalogues: from 1987 Posters: from 2001 Countries: A-G H-Q R-Z All by yearMedals and Ribbons awarded: 1994- 2004 |
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EPS Members' Exhibitions 1882 1885 1889 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1898 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1920 1922 1939 1940 1941 2004 2005 2006 Judges/Selectors: 1861-1910 1911-1960 1961- Trophies Exhibition Rules 1891 |