National Galleries of Scotland Commons

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The National Gallery and Royal Institution (Royal Scottish Academy), Edinburgh by National Galleries of Scotland Commons
The National Gallery and Royal Institution (Royal Scottish Academy), Edinburgh William Donaldson Clark, about 1858

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Mar Lodge, group in the doorway of the smoking room including the Prince and Princess of Wales

  • 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...

Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, 1824 - 1907. Scientist, resting on a binnacle and holding a marine azimuth mirror

  • 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.

Robert Louis Stevenson

  • 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/]

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