EPS - 1899 Open Exhibition

Edinburgh Photographic Society

1899

Open Exhibition

It was proposed that the 1899 Annual Exhibition should be preceded by a Smoking Concert, and that a license should be obtained to sell liquor.

This provoked strong feelings and a resignation

The extracts and other details below are taken from Transactions of the Edinburgh Photographic Society.

Exhibition Classes and Rules

The following are extracts from Transactions of Edinburgh Photographic Society, December 1898

© with acknowledgement to Edinbrugh City Libraries and Edinburgh Photographic Society

Exhibition Report

The following is an extract from Transactions of Edinburgh Photographic Society, published immediately after the exhibition ended in March 1899.

1899 Exhibition

© with acknowledgement to Edinbrugh City Libraries and Edinburgh Photographic Society

Open to All
Special Award	Offered by the President of the Society for the best picture in the Exhibition, the work of an Amateur Member.	Gold Medal Alex Allan
Class I	Landscape, Seascape and Architecture	Gold Medal James Patrick
		Silver Medal Ernest G Boon
		Bonze Medal: W Smedley-Aston
Class II	Portraiture, Figure and Animal Studies	Gold Medal John Warrack
		Silver Medal William Crooke
		Bonze Medal: Robert Ayton
		Certificate: J B Johnston
All Medal Winners were from Edinburgh, except Ernest G Boon, Alassio, Italy and W Smedley Aston, Birmingham

EPS Members Only
Class III	Landscape, Seascape and Architecture	Silver Medal Miss E M Gray
		Bonze Medal: Alex. Allan
		Certificate: W J Croall
		Certificate: John Warwick Jun.
Class IV	Figure or Genre including Animals and Still Life	Silver Medal John Warrack
		Bonze Medal: W E Drummond Young
		Certificate: Alex. Allan
		Certificate: Miss E M Gray
Class V	Set of pictures, not exceeding three, being work done by a camera in the hand.	Silver Medal W J Croall
		Bonze Medal: J Yate Johnson
		Certificate: J C McKechnie
		Certificate: Alex Allan
All Medal Winners were from Edinburgh.

Open to Amateur Members only Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals offered
Class VI	Landscape, Seascape and Architecture, up to and including half-plate.	Silver Medal W J Croall
		Bonze Medal: J Yate Johnson
		Certificate: J C McKechnie
		Certificate: Alex. Allan
Class VII	*Figures and Genre* including Animal Studies and Still Life** up to and including half-plate.	Silver Medal Alex. Allan
		Bonze Medal: James Burns
		Certificate: Mrs Norman D Macdonald
		Certificate: John Warwick Jun.
The Medal Winners were from Edinburgh.

Exhibition Entertainment
4 Feb 1899	Opening of Exhibition by Right Honourable, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh
4 Feb 1899	Concert
11 Feb 1899	'Continual Photographic Experiences' (illustrated) - John Stewart Smith
18 Feb 1899	*'Wanderings Awheel in Fife Camera'* *This lecture was a sequel to 'The Bicycle as an Aid to the Camera'* , one of the 1898 Exhibition Lectures - J S McCulloch**
25 Feb 1899	*'A Ramble through Florence'* (illustrated) - Mrs Lauder Thomson
25 Feb 1899	Presentation of Exhibition Awards

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Exhibition Rules 1891