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Edinburgh Photographic Society

1897

Open Exhibition

The Exhibition was held at 38, Castle Street from 3 April 1897 until 1 May 1897.  Entry to view the exhibition was FREE.  The cost of a Catalogue was 3d

There were 295 exhibits, an increase of 58 over last year's exhibition.

There were ten classes in the exhibition.  The following details are taken from the April 1897 edition of Transactions of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Open to All

70 exhibits. (33 last year.)

Class I [overall winner]

Gold Medal R Ayton

A

Division

Landscape and Seascape

Silver Medal James Patrick Jun

Bonze Medal: Douglass Croall

B

Division

Figure Studies and Portraiture

Silver Medal John Patrick

Bonze Medal: F P Moffat

Bonze Medal: Charles M Wane

EPS Members Only

Class II

Best picture, half-plate size and under, other than figure or genre composition.

31 exhibits. (31 last year.)

Silver Medal Alex. Allan

Bonze Medal: J Burns

Class III

Best figure or genre composition.

18 exhibits. (17 last year.)

Silver Medal R S Webster

Bonze Medal: James Patrick

Class IV

Best picture above half-plate size, other than figure or genre composition.

27 exhibits. (9 last year.)

Silver Medal J Burns

Bonze Medal: T W Drinkwater

Bonze Medal: J Warrack Jun.

Class V

Best set of four or five pictures, being work done with camera held in hand.

33 exhibits. (15 last year.)

Silver Medal Alex. McNab

Bonze Medal: J B Johnstone

Class VI

Best picture, being the work of a lady member.

18 exhibits. (40 last year.)

Silver Medal Miss C H Curle

Bonze Medal: Miss Daisy Duncan

Class VII

Best enlargement.
A print from the original negative must accompany the enlargement.

43 exhibits. (18 last year.)

Silver Medal R S Webster

Bonze Medal: William Penman

Class VIII

Best set of six lantern slides

14 exhibits. (14 last year.)

Silver Medal Charles A Stitt

Bonze Medal: John Stewart Smith

Class IX

Best set of three pictures taken at the 1896 Saturday Rambles.

5 exhibits. (5 last year.)

Silver Medal Alex Allan

Bonze Medal: J C Whyte

Open to Amateur Members only

Class X

For the best Direct Picture

29 exhibits. (31 last year.)

Silver Medal Alex Allan

Bonze Medal: Ralph S Common

ALSO:

Pictures sent not for competition

3 exhibits. (20 last year.)

How Many Entries in 1897?

This Report of the 1902 Exhibition , published in Transactions of Edinburgh Photographic Society refers to the number of exhibitors and photos in earlier exhibitions, including the 1897 Exhibition.

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Exhibition Rules 1891

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