Nationality
Scottish
Artist Dates
1831–1880
Title of Work
Preview
Medium
Stereoscope Slide
Height
3.5
Width
7
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection.
Status
Stored: SS-Box-JSP-1
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Archibald Burns was a self-taught photographer. He joined the Photographic Society of Scotland in 1858 and later the Edinburgh Photographic Society in 1861. Burns’ focus in his photography was architecture that exposed social issues like overcrowding and poor sanitation, and he also did many landscape photos for tourism markets.
Additional Information
A row of buildings and a street. Behind the buildings is a large castle on a cliff. Around the image is a yellow border.
Text on back:
ARCHIBALD BURNS
Photographer
EDINBURGH.
Written on back:
Edurr Castle from Grass market
Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket
W. Wallace
Condition
Good
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”