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Quarter Plate Album
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Quarter Plate Album

Datelate 19th Century
Object NameAlbum
Mediumleather, paper
ClassificationsPhotography
DimensionsOverall: Height: 18.2 cm, Width: 15.5 cm
Closed: Depth: 5.1 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1987 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions, the National Art Collections Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund and with income from the Ramsay-Dyce Bequest.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS026095
About MeGuilt edged album for holding quarter plate views. The brown leather cover has a decorative pattern in relief. The edges have metal attachments suggesting a clasp was attached here but this is not present. Each page has an aperture for photographs (a rectangle but with a curved upper edge) and is inscribed W.M.Be S.G.D G // A.M.&Co PATENT".

For the photographs formerly in this album, please see ABDMS026096 to 026145.
Image Not Available for Family Album
Family Album
c. 1900? - 1920
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Sample Album
George Washington Wilson and Company
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BALGAIRN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1882
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Album of Family Portraits
Alexander Dinnie
late 19th Century
Album of Cartes de Visite Portraits of Royal Family and Brown Family
Album of Cartes de Visite Portraits of Royal Family and Brown Family
John Brown
1860s-80s
Image Not Available for Album Of Photographs
Album Of Photographs
George Washington Wilson
Image Not Available for Photograph Album
Photograph Album
Image Not Available for Gas Iron
Gas Iron
Fletcher Russell & Company Limited
c.1925
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FOKIEN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
January 1880
Image Not Available for Album Of Photographs
Album Of Photographs
c. 1870s
Tableaux Vivants Balmoral
Tableaux Vivants Balmoral
Balmoral Castle
October 1888
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Town Drum
1750-1799
Image Not Available for Photographs Of Ballater And District
Photographs Of Ballater And District
John Innes
Published 1880s
Stoneware Lipless Jug With Tenmoku Glaze Over Iron Mottled Glazes With Chun White Glaze
Stoneware Lipless Jug With Tenmoku Glaze Over Iron Mottled Glazes With Chun White Glaze
William Marshall
c. 1999
Image Not Available for ARDOE
ARDOE
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1880
Image Not Available for Photograph Album
Photograph Album
George Washington Wilson and Company
WALTER HOOD
WALTER HOOD
Walter Hood & Co.
1852
Image Not Available for Album with Duthie family portraits
Album with Duthie family portraits
Duthie Family
1860-1899
Image Not Available for Floral Photograph Album
Floral Photograph Album
Duthie Family
1860-1899
Kanydan Chiefs (Ratemahatmayas) Ceylon
Kanydan Chiefs (Ratemahatmayas) Ceylon
Valentines
1904
Image Not Available for North East Corrie Of Lochnagar
North East Corrie Of Lochnagar
George Washington Wilson
c. 1860s
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PATRIARCH
Walter Hood & Co.
September 1869
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ELISSA
Alexander HALL & Co.
1877
Capture of Damascus (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
Capture of Damascus (Photograph Album Belonging to James McBey)
James McBey
1918