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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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The last upload was July 2018.

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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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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.

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inquisitive hope said:
Nice to see old Dundee! I sure loved garden plots, and the love of gardening when I visited.
Comfortable Thought said:
Looks like it was taken from about geo:lat=56.465999 geo:lon=-2.863304 Looking northeast towards Panmure Street. So according to the aerial photo on Google Maps, the buildings on the left of the road have been demolished.
normal spot said:
neither of the above comments match this photo?. It's amazing to see how wide the street looked back then, it is so narrow nowadays.
victorious crowd said:
NO cars I LOVE IT : O)
ardlerknight2010 said:
Its nothing near Panmure Street Bruce. Its Castle Street looking north to the High Street prior to the demolition of the Trades Hall, I am developing a habit of correcting wrong descriptions.