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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

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The last upload was July 2018.

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2 older comments, and then…
Trylle A-Å said:
What a lovely portrait! I'm probably reading way too much into it, but his face really tells the story of a determined man who has weathered a storm or 50.
Charles Glendinning said:
Yes... I think if he told me, "Believe or perish!" my first thought would be that HE was the one doing the perishing!
Gwen Page said:
I've never seen a photo of him before - cheerful looking chap!!
Mark Nelson said:
May God be praised for this man. People the world over are still being touched by the impact he made on it.
Tsjernysjefsky said:
Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

88 older comments, and then…
Elizabeth Thomsen said:
"Let His Loyalty and Devotion be a Lesson to Us All" Bobby was a Skye Terrier whose master, John Gray, died in 1858. Bobby was so devoted to his master that for fourteen years Bobby lay on the grave in Greyfriars Cemetery , leaving only for food. Baroness Angelia Georgina Burdett-Coutts, President of the Ladies Committee of the RSPCA, visited Edinburgh on several occasions to see Bobby. The Baroness received permission from the City Council to erect a granite fountain with a statue of Bobby on top by the graveyard as a lasting memorial to the loyal little terrier Bobby. The original sculpture is in the Museum of Edinburgh. Greyfriars Bobby -- Download the classic 1912 book by Eleanor Atkinson from the ManyBooks.net website. (Digitized by Project Gutenberg.) Greyfriars Bobby -- 1961 Disney movie by Internet Movie Database Greyfriars Bobby -- Movie released in the UK in 2006 Greyfriars Bobby -- Website
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!
atomicules said:
How weird. I was just reading about Greyfriars Bobby last night in my daughter's school book!
Photography JC said:
Superb, thank you for sharing this fine work
jasohill said:
Wow. I didn't know anything about this until I saw this photo. What a touching story.

boring run said:
so wonderful to see these images from days long gone
BasketMakers said:
It is interesting to see this photographic documentation of the late 19th century roots of what we in America now think of as an Appalachian ribbed melon basket. No doubt this functional rib framed basket type has even earlier origins. It is a basketmaking tradition which Scottish basket makers most likely brought with them as they immigrated to America. Thank you for posting it.
Ely miho said:
so beautiful the picture and the girl....who was her, how was her life????????????????
Fool Follet said:
She looks happy...
osama zien said:
cute girl

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