Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Annan, Thomas, 1829-1887
Title:
Glasgow Corporation Water Works : photographic views of Loch Katrine, and of some of the principal works constructed for introducing the water of Loch Katrine into the city of Glasgow / by Thomas Annan ; with descriptive notes by James M. Gale.
Alternate Title(s):
Photographic views of Loch Katrine
Published / Created:
[Glasgow] : [s.n.], 1877
Physical Description:
[5], 29 leaves, [28] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 x 42 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes 28 mounted and captioned albumen photographs by Thomas Annan, comprising "a record of sluices, salmon ladders, aqueducts, syphon piping, a gauge basin, etc., ending with a photograph of the water gushing in Kelvingrove Park from a fountain complete with the Lady of the Lake on top" (cf. Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography).
Subject Terms:
Glasgow Corporation Water Works. | Water-supply -- Scotland -- Glasgow (Strathclyde) | Waterworks -- Scotland -- Katrine, Loch -- Photographs. | Glasgow (Scotland) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs. | Katrine, Loch (Scotland) -- Photographs. | M'Laren & Erskine -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Photographic prints. | Documentary photographs. | Photographs. | Albumen prints -- Scotland -- 19th century.
Contributors:
Gale, James M. (James Morris) | Glasgow Corporation Water Works.