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Talk to EPS Digital Imaging Group - November 10, 2008

History of Photography

EPS

Premises and Exhibitions

Premises

EPS owned its own premises:

- from 1892 to 1925 and

- since 1954

At other times it has rented premises.

1861

Inaugural Meeting

Inaugural Meeting: held on 20 Feb 1861 in small room behind A J Taylor's watchmaker's shop on South Bridge.

A J Taylor moved to London and became Editor of BJP.

1861 to 1891

National Bible Society for Society Meetings

5 St Andrew Square

Society Meetings were held here, except for:

- 1961-62 (when they were held at 5 Queen Street)

- 1886-91 (when they were held at 20 George Street)

1869 to 1899

Queen Street Hall for Popular Meetings

5 Queen Street

EPS Popular Meetings were held at 117 George Street until 1867, then moved to the larger premises at Queen Street Hall, 5 Queen Street.

Next door, to the east, was the Philosophical Institution. Two doors away to the west was the Royal College of Physicians.

Inventory - 1868

included

Hammer of Chairman

Ballot Box and Balls

The Question Box

Basin, Watering pan

Wooden Pail

Magic Lantern, 9 adapters

Stand for Magic Lantern

Oxyhydrogen burner

Two 56 lb. Weights

Two 28 lb. Weights

Condenser, Lens, Connections

Tripod stand, iron head

Cloth screen – 18 ft square

Rollers for do in 2 pieces

Cloth screen 12 ft square

2 gas bags, 2 pressure boards

2 pair pressure boards

30 yards India rubber tube

38 Castle Street

The house had ten rooms. It was suggested that there could be:

- Committee Room

- Drawing Room / Hall for monthly meetings

- Kitchen

- Dark Room

- Smoking Room

- 2 rooms to let

- 2 rooms to be occupied by a caretaker, who in exchange for free house, coal and gas might be expected to undertake the charge of the premises for the Society. The same person could, at her own risk, supply tea, coffee and other light refreshments

EPS Members set about cleaning the premises, spending £1 5s 10d on brushes and other materials for cleaning:

1 long brush

1 small brush

2 black sh brushes

1 dusting brush

1 scrubbing brush

1 pail

1 shovel

Brunswick Black

Polishing Paste

Shammy Leather

1 Doz. Dusters

Floor Cloths

3 Bars Soap

1 St Soda

Black Lead

1 Tin B Soap

Ballam for ? Grate

3s 0d

1s 3d

2s 6d

1s 0d

1s 3d

1s 6d

1s 0d

3s 0d

1s 6d

2s 6d

1s 0d

1s 2d

2s 0d

________
£1 5s 10d

38 Castle Street

In 1905, EPS took over rooms previously occupied by the housekeeper at 38 Castle Street. Conversion of these rooms was planned at a cost of £200.

"We have determined to make the front room into an enlarging room containing daylight and artificial light enlarging apparatus, the latter to have electricity as the illuminant.

The large room at the back will be fitted as a dark room; one side having ruby lights for plates and the other yellow for bromide work, with a screen dividing one side from the other."

117 George Street

In 1925, EPS sold its premises at 92 Castle Street and in order to lease larger premises at 117 George Street from the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (RSSA)

This was the same hall as EPS had used for its Popular Meetings in the 1860s.

16 Royal Terrace

- EPS then leased rooms at 16 Royal Terrace from RSSA from 1929 to 1952. The RSSA published its magazine:

The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Technology and Photographic Art .

- 'Edinburgh Journal' consisted of Transactions of RSSA and its affiliated societies:

- Edinburgh & District Radio Society

- Edinburgh Electrical Society

- The Edinburgh Association of Science and Arts

- Electrical Association for Women

- Edinburgh Photographic Society

Gracie Alison

Memories of Royal Terrace

Gracie Alison joined EPS in 1940, and was Secretary, 1946 to 1985.

In an article for the August 1988 EPS Bulletin, she looked back on the Society's life at 16 Royal Terrace and wrote:

Premises

"In these days we shared premises with the RSSA.

They owned the house in Royal Terrace and we were tenants. EPS had the use of the lecture hall on Wednesdays and the floor above was entirely ours.

The house was dark and gloomy, but if it was dreary, it was nothing to the darkroom!

Meetings

Everything was very formal. No-one for a moment dreamt of using Christian names. It was always Mr This and Miss That.

Meetings were very formal too. When I took over, they were held on only two Wednesdays of the month.

One of these was always a travelogue. Some of us managed to get meetings every Wednesday and, in the main, abandon travelogues.

This shocked some of the members deeply!

Problems

One thing made our meetings unusual. Some sect or other held meetings in the room below the lecture hall and they sang all evening with enthusiasm - if not skill. It could be a bit disturbing.

One thing which did not help the Club develop very well was that we had to be out of the premises by 10pm so that the caretaker could lock up."

The church below was the Christadelphian Church

68 Great King Street

After spending a couple of years using the Edinburgh Cine Society's rooms in Fettes Row, EPS again acquired its own premises at 68 Great King Street in November 1954 for £1,650, and officially opened on 5 October 1955.

Members made an interest-free loans of £1,055 and donations of £120. This enabled the society to spend a further £100 on structural alterations and £480 on plumbing, painting, electrical work and fitting out.

1954
Comment in Bulletin

“Once before in its history, the EPS owned its own rooms.

That it ever parted with them, even for the awe-inspiring affiliation with the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, has mystified many of us during our involuntary sojourn in the wilderness of homelessness.”

[EPS Bulletin No 30]

1958
Comment

“Finally, a source of peril has been removed.

Intrepid members who ventured to open that sinister little door marked ‘Danger’ in the darkroom flat, will have found that it plunged directly into Stygian blackness of a sub-basement.

The council, in their mercy, have now stretched the funds to the wiring of this, so 'Let there be light'.”

1959
Advice to darkroom users

“At the present time, the need to conserve water supplies in Edinburgh is real and pressing. Sea-water can be readily obtained by most people living in Edinburgh.

The modern 2-gallon plastic container with stopper is a handy adjunct to use for its collection and storage. Sea water can be used satisfactorily for washing prints. After using sea water, a final rinse or two in plain water is necessary.”

1910s and 1920s

This is the style of Medal that was issued in the 1910s and 1920s. The example above was awarded in the Autochrome class of the Members' Exhibition, 1914.

Here is an example of an Autochrome:

Autochrome Colour Slide

Process used 1907 to 1940

EPS Open Exhibitions			EPS Members' Exhibitions
1 ^st	*1861*	?	*1861*	?
2 ^nd ?	*1862*	?	*1862*	?
3 ^rd ?	*1863*	?	*1863*	?
4 ^th ?	*1864*	?	*1864*	?
5 ^th ?	*1865*	?	*1865*	?
6 ^th ?	*1866*	?	*1866*	?
7 ^th ?	*Nov 1867*	*5 St Andrew Square*	*1867*	?
8 ^th ?	*1868*	?	*1868*	?
9 ^th ?	*1869*	?	*1869*	?
10 ^th ?	*1870*	?	*1870*	?
11 ^th ?	*1871*	?	*1871*	?
12 ^th ?	*Dec 1872*	*5 St Andrew Square*	*1872*	?
13 ^th ?	*1873*	?	*1873*	?
14 ^th ?	*1874*	?	*1874*	?
15 ^th ?	*1875*	?	*1875*	?
16 ^th ?	*Dec 1876*	*RSA National Galleries* *[Major Exhibition]*	*Oct 1876*	?
17 ^th ?	*1877*	?	*1877*	?
18 ^th ?	*1878*	?	*1878*	?
19 ^th ?	*1879*	?	*1879*	?
20 ^th ?	*1880*	?	*1880*	?
?	*1881*	?	*1881*	?
21 ^st	*1882*	?	**Oct 1882**	*5 St Andrew Square*
22 ^nd	*1883*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*Dec 1883*	5 St Andrew Square *
23 ^rd	*1884*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*1884*	5 St Andrew Square *
24 ^th	*1885*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*Dec 1885*	20, George Street *
25 ^th	*1886*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*1886*	?
26 ^th	*1887*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*1887*	20, George Street *
27 ^th	*1888*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*1888*	20, George Street *
28 ^th	*1889*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*Dec 1889*	20, George Street *
29 ^th	*Nov 1890*	*RSA National Galleries* *[Major Exhibition]*	*1890*	-
30 ^th	*1891*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	Nov 1891	*42 George Street*
31 ^st	*1892*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*Nov 1892*	*38 Castle Street*
32 ^nd	*1893*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*Nov 1893*	*38 Castle Street*
33 ^rd	*1895*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*Feb 1895*	*38 Castle Street*
34 ^th	*1896*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	**Feb 1896**	*38 Castle Street*
35 ^th	*Apr 1897*	*38 Castle Street*	*1897*	?
36 ^th	*Jan 1898*	*38 Castle Street*	*Dec 1898*	*38, Castle Street*
37 ^th	*Feb 1899*	*38 Castle Street*	*1899*	?
38 ^th	*Feb 1900*	*38 Castle Street*	*1900*	?
39 ^th	*Feb 1901*	*38 Castle Street*	*Feb 1901*	[Open Exhibition had an EPS Members' Section.]
40 ^th	*Feb 1902*	*38 Castle Street*	*Feb 1902*	[Open Exhibition had an EPS Members' Section.]
41 ^st	*Nov 1902*	*38 Castle Street* Brought forward from Feb 03 so as not to clash with the RSA Exhibition	*Mar 1902*	*Queen Street Hall* *Lantern Slides*
41 ^st	*Nov 1902*		*Nov 1902*	[Open Exhibition had an EPS Members' Section.]
42 ^nd	*Nov 1903*	*38 Castle Street* Brought forward from Feb 04 so as not to clash with the RSA Exhibition?)
			*Mar 1903*	*St Cuthbert's Hall* *Lantern Slides*
			*Nov 1903*	[Open Exhibition had an EPS Members' Section.]
	*1904*	{None - but only a fifteen month gap between the 1903 and 1905 exhibitions.}	*Mar 1904*	*St Cuthbert's Hall* *Lantern Slides*
	*1904*		*Dec 1904*	*38 Castle Street* *Survey Exhibition*
43 ^rd	*Feb 1905*	*38 Castle Street*	*Feb 1905*	[Open Exhibition had an EPS Members' Section.]
43 ^rd	*Feb 1905*	*38 Castle Street*	*Mar 1905*	*St Cuthbert's Hall* *Lantern Slides*
44 ^th	*Feb 1906*	*38 Castle Street*	*Feb 1906*	[Open Exhibition had an EPS Members' Section.]
44 ^th	*Feb 1906*	*38 Castle Street*	*Mar 1906*	*Queen Street Hall* *Lantern Slides*
45 ^th	*Feb 1907*	*38 Castle Street*	*Feb 1907*	[Open Exhibition had an EPS Members' Section.]
46 ^th	*Feb 1908*	*38 Castle Street*	*Feb 1908*	[Open Exhibition had an EPS Members' Section.]
	*Feb 1908*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1908*	*38 Castle Street*
47 ^th	*Feb 1909*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1909*	*38 Castle Street*
48 ^th	*Feb 1910*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1910*	*38 Castle Street*
49 ^th	*Feb 1911*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1911*	*38 Castle Street*
50 ^th	*Feb 1912*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1912*	*38 Castle Street*
51 ^st	*Feb 1913*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1913*	*38 Castle Street*
52 ^nd	*Feb 1914*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1914*	*38 Castle Street*
53 ^rd	*Feb 1915*	*38 Castle Street*	*1915*	-
54 ^th	*Feb 1916*	*38 Castle Street*	*1916*	-
55 ^th	*Feb 1917*	*38 Castle Street*	*1917*	-
56 ^th	*Feb 1918*	*38 Castle Street*	*1918*	-
57 ^th	*Feb 1919*	*38 Castle Street*	*1919*	-
58 ^th	*Feb 1920*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1920*	*38 Castle Street*
59 ^th	*Feb 1921*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1921*	*38 Castle Street*
60 ^th	*Feb 1922*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1922*	*38 Castle Street*
61 ^st	*Feb 1923*	*38 Castle Street*	*Nov 1923*	*38 Castle Street*
62 ^nd	*Mar 1924*	*38 Castle Street*	-
63 ^rd	*Nov 1924*	*[No Open Exhibition?]*	*Dec 1924*	*38 Castle Street*
64 ^th	*Feb 1926*	*117 George Street*	*Nov 1926*	*117 George Street*
65 ^th	*Feb 1927*	*117 George Street*	*Nov 1927*	*117 George Street*
66 ^th	*Feb 1928*	*117 George Street*	*Nov 1928*	*117 George Street*
67 ^th	*Feb 1929*	*117 George Street*	*Nov 1929*	*16 Royal Terrace*
68 ^th	*Feb 1930*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1930*	*16 Royal Terrace*
69 ^th	*Feb 1931*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1931*	*16 Royal Terrace*
70 ^th	*Feb 1932*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1932*	*16 Royal Terrace*
71 ^st	*Feb 1933*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1933*	*16 Royal Terrace*
72 ^nd	*Feb 1934*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1934*	*16 Royal Terrace*
73 ^rd	*Feb 1935*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1935*	*16, Royal Terrace*
74 ^th	*Feb 1936*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1936*	*16 Royal Terrace*
75 ^th	*Mar 1937*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1937*	*16 Royal Terrace*
76 ^th	*Mar 1938*	*16, Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1938*	*16 Royal Terrace*
77 ^th	*Mar 1939*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1939*	*16 Royal Terrace*
78 ^th	*Mar 1940*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Dec 1940*	*16 Royal Terrace*
79 ^th	*Mar 1941*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1941*	*16 Royal Terrace*
80 ^th	*Mar 1942*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1942*	*16 Royal Terrace*
81 ^st	*Apr 1943*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1943*	*16 Royal Terrace*
82 ^nd	*Mar 1944*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1944*	*16 Royal Terrace*
83 ^rd	*Mar 1945*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1945*	*16 Royal Terrace*
84 ^th	*Mar 1946*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Nov 1946*	16 Royal Terrace * *
85 ^th	*May 1947*	*16 Royal Terrace*	*Jan 1947*	*16 Royal Terrace*
	-	-	*Nov 1947*	*16 Royal Terrace*
86 ^th	*Feb 1948*	*YMCA Exhibition Hall*	*1948*	*[none]*
87 ^th	*Aug 1949*	*YMCA Exhibition Hall*	*Jan 1949*	*16 Royal Terrace*
88 ^th	*Aug 1950*	*YMCA Exhibition Hall*	*Jan 1950*	*16 Royal Terrace*
89 ^th	*Aug 1951*	*YMCA Exhibition Hall*	*Jan 1951*	*16 Royal Terrace*
90 ^th	*Aug 1952*	*YMCA Exhibition Hall*	*Jan 1952*	*16 Royal Terrace*
91 ^st	*Aug 1953*	*YMCA Exhibition Hall*	*Jan 1953*	*Scottish Lyceum*
92 ^nd	*Aug 1954*	*YMCA Exhibition Hall*	*Jan 1954*	*Scottish Lyceum*
93 ^rd	*Aug 1955*	*YMCA Exhibition Hall*	*Jan 1955*	*Scottish Lyceum*
94 ^th	*Aug 1956*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Feb 1956*	*68 Great King Street*
95 ^th	*Aug 1957*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1957*	*68 Great King Street*
96 ^th	*Aug 1958*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1958*	*68 Great King Street*
97 ^th	*Aug 1959*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1959*	*68 Great King Street*
98 ^th	*Aug 1960*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1960*	*68 Great King Street*
99 ^th	*Aug 1961*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1961*	*68 Great King Street*
100 ^th	*Aug 1962*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1962*	*68 Great King Street*
101 ^st	*Aug 1963*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1963*	*68 Great King Street*
102 ^nd	*Aug 1964*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1964*	*68 Great King Street*
103 ^rd	*Aug 1965*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1965*	*68 Great King Street*
104 ^th	*Aug 1966*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1966*	*68 Great King Street*
105 ^th	*Aug 1967*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1967*	*68 Great King Street*
106 ^th	*Aug 1968*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1968*	*68 Great King Street*
107 ^th	*Aug 1969*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1969*	*68 Great King Street*
108 ^th	*Aug 1970*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1970*	*68 Great King Street*
109 ^th	*Aug 1971*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1971*	*68 Great King Street*
110 ^th	*Aug 1972*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1972*	*68 Great King Street*
111 ^th	*Aug 1973*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1973*	*68 Great King Street*
112 ^th	*Aug 1974*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1974*	*68 Great King Street*
113 ^th	*Aug 1975*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1975*	*68 Great King Street*
114 ^th	*Aug 1976*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1976*	*68 Great King Street*
115 ^th	*Aug 1977*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1977*	*68 Great King Street*
116 ^th	*Aug 1978*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1978*	*68 Great King Street*
117 ^th	*Aug 1979*	*St Cuthbert’s Hall*	*Mar 1979*	*68 Great King Street*
118 ^th	*Aug 1980*	*Playhouse Theatre*	*Mar 1980*	*68 Great King Street*
119 ^th	*Aug 1981*	*Royal Overseas League*	*Mar 1981*	*68 Great King Street*
120 ^th	*Aug 1982*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1982*	*68 Great King Street*
121 ^st	*Aug 1983*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1983*	*68 Great King Street*
122 ^nd	*Aug 1984*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Mar 1984*	*68 Great King Street*
123 ^rd	*Aug 1985*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Mar 1985*	*68 Great King Street*
124 ^th	*Aug 1986*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Mar 1986*	*68 Great King Street*
25 ^th	*Aug 1987*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Mar 1987*	*68 Great King Street*
126 ^th	*Aug 1988*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1988*	*68 Great King Street*
127 ^th	*Aug 1989*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1989*	*68 Great King Street*
128 ^th	*Aug 1990*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1990*	*68 Great King Street*
129 ^th	*Aug 1991*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1991*	*68 Great King Street*
130 ^th	*Aug 1992*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1992*	*68 Great King Street*
131 ^st	*Aug 1993*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1993*	*68 Great King Street*
132 ^nd	*Aug 1994*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Apr 1994*	*68 Great King Street*
133 ^rd	*Aug 1995*	*Merchant’s Hall*	*Mar 1995*	*68 Great King Street*
134 ^th	*Aug 1996*	*68 Great King Street*	*Mar 1996*	*68 Great King Street*
135 ^th	*Aug 1997*	*68 Great King Street*	*Mar 1997*	*68 Great King Street*
136 ^th	*Aug 1998*	*68 Great King Street*	*Mar 1998*	*68 Great King Street*
137 ^th	*Aug 1999*	*68 Great King Street*	*Mar 1999*	*68 Great King Street*
138 ^th	*Aug 2000*	*68 Great King Street*	*Mar 2000*	*68 Great King Street*
139 ^th	*Aug 2001*	*68 Great King Street*	200 1	*68 Great King Street*
140 ^th	*Aug 2002*	*68 Great King Street*	200 2	*68 Great King Street*
141 ^st	*Aug 2003*	*68 Great King Street*	*2003*	*68 Great King Street*
142 ^nd	*Aug 2004*	*68 Great King Street*	*2004*	*68 Great King Street*
143 ^rd	*Aug 2005*	*68 Great King Street*	*2005*	*68 Great King Street*
144 ^th	*Aug 2006*	*68 Great King Street*	*2006*	*68 Great King Street*
145 ^th	*Aug 2007*	*68 Great King Street*	*2007*	*68 Great King Street*
146 ^th	*Aug 2008*	*68 Great King Street*	*2008*	*68 Great King Street*

- Merchant’s Hall = Hanover Street

- St Cuthbert’s Hall = King Stables Road

- YMCA Exhibition Hall = 4 Queen Street. This subsequently became BBC premises

1861 Open Exhibition

The first exhibition was staged when EPS was less than 6 weeks old. It included more than 700 prints.

The Edinburgh photographers must have had good contacts to assemble an exhibition with work from so many prominent photographers of the time.

The exhibition included photographs from:

- Fenton

- Bedford

- Mudd

- Horatio Ross

- Tunny

- AY Herries

- Piper

- Rodger

- Ramage

- Silvy

- Bisson

- &c, &c …

It was reported that stereoscopes, binocular pictures, etc. were spread over the table in great abundance.

1876 Open Exhibition

International Entry

- The Exhibition was held in the Royal Scottish Academy.

- No charge was made for the use of the gallery

- 600 people were invited to the Opening of the Exhibition.

- The British Journal of Photography reported:

"Copies of a circular announcing the exhibition were posted to nearly every photographer in Britain, America, India and the colonies, while the continent had also, so far as practicable, been attended to."

"Nearly every civilised country was more or less adequately represented."

Letter enclosing an entry from Budapest

Exhibitors

Amongst the prominent photographers exhibiting, there were:

HP Robinson	Tunbridge Wells	Composition groups
Vernon Heath	London	Enlarged landscapes
Mrs Cameron	Isle of Wight	Rembrantesque photographs
John Pouncy	Dorchester	Early carbon prints
Annan	Glasgow	Portraits of professors
GW Wilson	Aberdeen	Views
Valentine	Dundee	Views
Thomas Annan	Glasgow	Views
Ross & Pringle	Edinburgh	A complete set of their daguerreotype apparatus
Hill & Adamson	Edinburgh	Two volumes of portraits

Visitors

- From the very beginning the Exhibition continued day by day to increase in public favour

- O n the last day but one there was a throng of private carriages in waiting, and an amount of over seventy pounds was taken at the entrance.

- That sum would at least represent fifteen hundred visitors, in addition to the large number of season and complimentary tickets."

1890 Open Exhibition

Season Tickets

The Exhibition was held in the Royal Scottish Academy, for 8 weeks from November 1890.

Season Ticket (outside)

Season Ticket (inside)

Catalogues

- 1,500 photographs were displayed in the exhibition.

- 1,350 catalogues sold at 6d each.

- For each photograph in the exhibition, the catalogue gave title, process and name of the photographer.

- Lectures were also given.

- Each catalogue had about 80 pages and included:

- a summary of these lectures

- a review of the progress in photography over the previous 50 years.

1890 Open Exhibition

Prints Exhibited

Processes

Practical Photographer noted:

"Silver printing is still well represented, but the larger and more important works are executed in carbon and platinum. Bromide also puts in a fair claim to notice. All the less usual processes are exhibited:

- aristotype

- kallitype

- Diazotype

- vitrified enamels

- etc., etc."

1890 Open Exhibition

Items on Display

Cameras

- Sutton's panoramic camera with globe water lens

- P rinting frames of date about 1855.

- CGH Kinnear's original model conical bellows camera, 1857

- Aird's hand camera, the father of all that tribe and the first example of carrying plates in moveable sheaths, 1875

- Piazzi Smyth's camera of Tenerife and Russian fame."

- An Old Camera fitted with back, carrying four plates which are exposed in the Bath by means of shutters

Early Photos

- Early Daguerreotypes, including , among others, group of Her Majesty the Queen, with Princess Royal and Prince of Wales, l845 .

- Daguerreotypes, from 1844 onwards.

- Early Calotypes taken by Fox Talbot

- Stereoscope, with Daguerreotype of Queen &c, at Crystal Palace Exhibition, 1851 (from John Moffat).

- Early Calotypes of Edinburgh Celebrities by DO Hill

- DO Hill photos that hung on the walls of her house at Newington (from his widow).

Bill for the Transfer of Photographs

Bill for Transfer of DO Hill pictures - 1890

The wording on this bill above is:

"1890 Nov 8: Time of Gilders removing Large Photographs from Walls at Mrs DO Hill's Newington Lodge and taking to Exhibition, removing from, Hanging, &c. 14 hours time at 11d = 12 10d"

Books

- Copies of “Sun Pictures” , being the first book illustrated by Photographs, containing Calotypes of Heriot’s Hospital ,and Sir Walter Scott’s Monument in course of erection.

- From Misses Radcliffe:

- Sun Pictures of Scotland, by Fox Talbot
- The Pencil of Nature by Fox Talbot
- Photogenic Drawings, 1837, by Fox Talbot

1894 and 1895 Members' Exhibition

Classes and Awards

There were more classes of Award and more precise definitions in 1894 than in earlier Members' Exhibitions.

1894 Members' Exhibition

Class		Medals
Class I	Best set of six lantern slides.	Silver: Bronze:
Class II	Best set of three pictures from negatives taken on the 1894 Saturday Rambles.	Silver: Bronze:
Class III	Best portrait or figure study.	Silver: Bronze:
Class IV	Best set of three pictures in landscape, including architecture above half-plate size.	Silver: Bronze:
Class V	Best set of three pictures in landscape, including architecture half-plate size and under.	Silver: Bronze:
Class VI	Best set of six pictures, being the work done by a hand camera without tripod.	Silver: Bronze:
Class VII	Best enlargement. A print from the original negative must accompany the enlargement.	Silver: Bronze:

1895 Members' Exhibition

Class I	Lantern Slides	Silver Medal
Class II	Society's Rambles	[no award]
Class III	Figure Study	Silver Medal Bronze Medal
Class IV	Landscape above half-plate	Silver Medal Bronze Medal
Class V	Landscape half-plate and under	Silver Medal Bronze Medal
Class VI	Hand-camera Work	Bronze Medal
Class VII	Enlargements	Silver Medal Bronze Medal
Class VIII	Ladies' Work only	Bronze Medal

1898 Members' Exhibition

Open to ...		Prizes
1.	Amateur Members of EPS	25/-, 15/-
2.	All Members of EPS who have commenced Photography since 1 Oct 1897	25/-, 15/-
3.	Work done by Members at the Society's Rambles in 1898	£1

It was specified that:

"The prizes shall be paid in money or in kind, at the option of the winner, but if paid in money it will be on the express understanding that the money shall be devoted to the purchase of some article connected with Photography"

There was a lso an Essay Competition.

1910 Members' Exhibition

Section
I	Landscape and Seascape
II	Scientific Subjects such as Natural History, Geology, Botany, Astronomy, &c.
III	Architectural Subjects
IV	Portraiture, Groups and Figure Subjects
V	Survey Photographs of Edinburgh and District
VI	Colour Work
VII	Subjects in Motion
VIII	Still Live Subjects
IX	Lantern Slides (in sets of four)

Presentation Prints

1876

Mr Yerbury suggested presenting every member with a print, not less than 10” x 12”, and considered the present an opportune time for trying the experiment

1878

Sir Niel Paton

1880

GW Wilson

1881

A Pause in the Dance + The Visit to the Nurse

1883

Will They Never Come

HP Robinson

1884

Brambling

Mr Slingsby, Linclon

1885

Gloomy Winter

James Patrick

1886

Caller Herrin'

Marshall Wade

Earlier years' prints still available:

- Will They Never Come	1s 6d each
- Brambling	1s 0d each
- Gloamin'	1s 6d each
*- Fisher Children*	1s 6d each

1888

A Chat with the Miller'

HP Robinson

1889

The Suffolk Dyke'

PH Emerson, Chiswick

1890

Gathering Water Lilies

PH Emerson, Chiswick

1891

Earlier years' prints still available:

- Will They Never Come	2s 6d each
- A Suffolk Dyke	2s 0d each
- Gathering Water Lilies	2s 0d each

1892

Idle Moments

See Bills below

Bills for the 1892 EPS Presentation Print

Bills for Idle Moments from:

- Tunny for making a photo-gravure plate and

- McGlashon for making 50 copies of the print at 6 1/2d each.

1905

The Art Union Scheme

- The Art Union scheme, introduced for the first time for this exhibition was declared a success.

- The scheme provided a prize draw, the prizes being prints purchased by EPS from the exhibition.

- A tickets for the draw was provided to each member. Further tickets could be purchased at 6d each.

- In addition to the £11 0s 6d voted by the EPS Council to be set aside for the scheme, tickets to the value of £13 1s 0d were sold.

- The whole sum, £24 1s 6d was used to purchase pictures as prizes, from amongst the pictures exhibited in the exhibition.

[Transactions of the EPS; April 1905, p.109]

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