by John Urie, 33 & 35 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, late 1850s, embossed floral pad and embossed leather case with Urie's gilt embossed details to base, one small corner chip, together with three further ambrotypes by Glasgow photographers of the same period, the first a sixth-plate ambrotype of a seated lady, photographer's name and address stamped on mat and on base of leather case, 'Bowman, 65 Jamaica Street, Glasgow', a sixth-plate portrait of two male friends in a banded leather Eichmeyer case with embossed gilt stamp of the photographer to base, 'Dickson, 16 St Enoch's Sq., Glasgow', and a ninth-plate gilded portrait of a lady in leather case with pressed paper floral relief designs to lid and base, the mat stamped, 'Taylor, 46 Jamaica St., Glasgow' John Taylor was at this address 1855-1862, Mrs Taylor from 1861 to 1864. Hannavy, Case Histories , pp. 44, 46 & 67 (first, third and fourth items). (4)
by John Urie, 33 & 35 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, late 1850s, embossed floral pad and embossed leather case with Urie's gilt embossed details to base, one small corner chip, together with three further ambrotypes by Glasgow photographers of the same period, the first a sixth-plate ambrotype of a seated lady, photographer's name and address stamped on mat and on base of leather case, 'Bowman, 65 Jamaica Street, Glasgow', a sixth-plate portrait of two male friends in a banded leather Eichmeyer case with embossed gilt stamp of the photographer to base, 'Dickson, 16 St Enoch's Sq., Glasgow', and a ninth-plate gilded portrait of a lady in leather case with pressed paper floral relief designs to lid and base, the mat stamped, 'Taylor, 46 Jamaica St., Glasgow' John Taylor was at this address 1855-1862, Mrs Taylor from 1861 to 1864. Hannavy, Case Histories , pp. 44, 46 & 67 (first, third and fourth items). (4)
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