National Galleries of Scotland Commons

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The National Gallery and Royal Institution (Royal Scottish Academy), Edinburgh William Donaldson Clark, about 1858

When were these photos taken?

2008

2017

<1% of these photos are geotagged.

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These photos have had lots of views, comments, and favourites.

The last upload was July 2018.

Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos::

9 older comments, and then…
Over the Top of NY said:
Obviously, it was a COOL August.
Christine's Backyard said:
Striped socks must have been the fashion then!
Rich said:
There are officially a few brilliant beards in this photo. wow
Michael Salerno said:
What a fabulous find.
Please not EVERY man in this shot is wearing a waistcoat.
The horizontal striped stockings are a bit much for my taste but then I never was one to follow the fashion of the moment.
zmaerdstyle said:
Who's that looking through the window... oowww...

BobMeade said:
Looks like this instrument is based upon Lord Kelvin's work and patents. At the Persistent URL the National Galleries of Scotland has this note : "He was also the partner of a Glasgow firm that made measuring instruments from his own patents" And here is some of his published work on such instruments: zapatopi.net/kelvin/papers/terrestrial_magnetism_and_the_... .
Fumbling Kitty said:
hero
jamica1 said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Science, Technology, History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
tel b1 said:
is he not a landlord of apublic house
jamica1 said:
Difficult to exaggerate how important a figure kelvin was.

9 older comments, and then…
National Library NZ on The Commons said:
Welcome to The Commons National Galleries of Scotland! Here's a c.1893 photo of RLS from our Photographic Archive, taken at his birthday party at Vailima, also posted here on The Commons ... -- Courtney
typical wool said:
wonderful. I've seen a similar portrait at his house in Vailima Apia, Samoa where he is looking at the camera. perhaps there was a series of images taken at the time.
inquisitive hope said:
What eyes! Such a beautiful portrait by Smith.
BigBean said:
Hi, this photo has been mentioned in a discussion thread in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool! -- Seen in a discussion of Flickr Commons. (?)
National Library of Scotland said:
Brilliant to see the Galleries on the Commons! Just thought I would make a reciprocal connection between this image and the Robert Louis Stevenson set on our Flickr account [http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/sets/72157604377830216/]