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John
Horsburgh
1835 - 1924
Photography
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PSS Exhibitions
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John Horsburgh entered his photographs in exhibitions staged by the
Photographic Society of Scotland in the 1860s.
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6th
PSS Exhibition, Dec 1861
In
the 6th PSS Exhibition, in Dec 1861, John Horsburgh exhibited several portraits including
two reverends, a doctor and:
- Captain
of the 1st Highland Rifle Volunteers
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Captain of the 2nd Highland Rifle Volunteers
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Pipers in uniform of No 2 Company
His
cartes de visite were described as "above
average quality"
[The
Scotsman: 1/1/1862]
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9th PSS Exhibition, Dec 1864
John Horsburgh
exhibited 15 photographs and 144 cartes de visite in the 1864 PSS
Exhibition. |
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Photographs
Studios |
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John Horsburgh and his son,
John A Horsburgh, had photographic
studios in Edinburgh from
1861 until 1916.
Here they produced
cartes de visite
photographs, on cards with in many different styles of back,
including a Royal Coat of Arms, an illustration of a hand holding the sun,
a female figure and two cherubs and one holding a large old camera. |
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From 1861, John Horsburgh advertised:
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"Portrait painter and photographer.
Small photos enlarged to life-size portraits,
and finished in Oils, Water Colours and Crayons.”
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In
1881, John Horsburgh advertised:
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“Patronised by Her Majesty the Queen,
and by HRH the Duke of Connaught”
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Photographs
in Collections |
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Ann E Jones, Heriot-Watt University wrote:
"At Heriot-Watt University we hold HWC8/3/1
1900 The Heriot-Watt College Volume of 22 prints by John Horsburgh, 4 West
Maitland Street, Edinburgh."
Heriot Watt University also holds
two
paintings by Horsburgh. |
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