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In 1885 Aberdeen photographers George Washington Wilson and Norman MacLeod travelled through the Western Isles of Scotland to St Kilda. They took many photographs along the way and their collection of pictures, `From Oban to Skye' and `The Outer Hebrides' were seen as lantern slides throughout the UK and around the world. In 2004 Mark Butterworth acquired a rare hand coloured set of the slides, complete with the original lecture notes.
The images and text in this book come from this double set of lantern slides which was produced in the late 1880s. Individually hand coloured onto the glass plates, these images capture the Western Isles and their way of life in evocative detail. Published here for the first time as a complete set, many of the images, particularly those of St Kilda and its inhabitants, are iconic and are well known among enthusiasts of Western Isles history. However, these contemporary hand coloured slides are rarely seen and present a new light on life in the Western Isles, produced as they were fifty years before colour photography came to Scotland.
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A leading expert on the photographic lantern slides of Scotland produced during the 19th century, Mark Butterworth gives regular presentations with an original Victorian magic lantern projector and slides, speaking to Societies, Conferences and specialist groups. He is engaged in ongoing research into the slides and photographs produced by the George Washington Wilson Company of Aberdeen and his collection of their slides is one of the largest in private hands. He was awarded 2nd prize in the 2008-2009 Projection Box Essay Awards, for his research on Wilson's lantern slides of Australia. Mark is an active member of the Magic Lantern Society and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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By alasdair
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have a lifelong interest in St Kilda, especially the human aspect, that people actually lived there for centuries until 1930. Although only 11 of the 67 photographs in the book are of St Kilda, I was not in the least disappointed, as the other views are fascinating too, especially those which show individual people. The photos are taken from lantern slides and are beautifully hand painted. The author gives an account of how he acquired the slides and some technical details about the "magic lantern" are given.
The comments accompanying the photos are reproduced without alteration from the original lectures which were given when the slides were shown publicly - they are informative and fascinating. I had seen most of the views of St Kilda before, indeed I'm fortunate to have a few of the postcards sold to visitors for 30 years or so leading up to the evacuation but it is wonderful to see them in a larger format and in colour!
I can't find any fault with this book and it should definitely be among the collections of anyone remotely interested in St Kilda or life in the 19th century in these islands.
The comments accompanying the photos are reproduced without alteration from the original lectures which were given when the slides were shown publicly - they are informative and fascinating. I had seen most of the views of St Kilda before, indeed I'm fortunate to have a few of the postcards sold to visitors for 30 years or so leading up to the evacuation but it is wonderful to see them in a larger format and in colour!
I can't find any fault with this book and it should definitely be among the collections of anyone remotely interested in St Kilda or life in the 19th century in these islands.
By D. Rome
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A superb book especially since you can travel the route as a holiday in itself. An excellent description of life in the Late 1800s
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