Book Description

The house depicted in the photographs belonged to Thomas Brumby Johnston (1813-1897), a senior partner in the famous Edinburgh publishers and cartographers W. & A. K. Johnston Limited. The photographs were most probably taken very soon after Johnston’s death, as shortly afterwards the house was vacated and the contents dispersed. Images include the front elevation and back elevation of the house; two views of Johnston’s study or office; two of the main dining rooms and one of the drawing room. The study was clearly a working room, the walls with high fitted mahogany bookcases, the cornices supporting flags, old armour and busts, a large oval dining table with a writing slope and all the accoutrements of a workspace; the walls of the dining room contain a number of paintings with Scottish landscapes and a view of Venice; the drawing room contained a Collard & Collard grand piano, an ottoman and sofa with needlework showing the Johnston winged spur chrest. The rooms containing a crowded assemblage of ornaments typical of the period. Thomas Brumby Johnston was head of the firm of W. and A. K. Johnston at the time of his death in 1897. He was author of the Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland, and edited several editions of the Royal Atlas, first compiled by his brother, Dr. Alexander Keith Johnston. He was appointment of geographer to the Queen, in 1877.
Author JOHNSTON, Thomas Brumby.
Date [c. 1897].
Binding contemporary black half calf over cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt.
Publisher [Edinburgh].
Condition Oblong folio [370 x 460mm] 8 mounted photographs each 233 × 290mm and smaller;

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