Mons Meg, Edinburgh, circa 1883

carte de visite

PHOTOGRAPHS
Burns, Archibald
Great Britain, Scotland, Edinburgh
circa 1883
paper
overall: 2-1/2 x 4 in.

Carte de visite, albumen print on white card; Mons Meg, Edinburgh, circa 1883 (see Manuscript Coll. 311); collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to the British Isles; Scottish cannon located at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland, depicted with the second carriage made for it in London; printed on back "ARCHIBALD BURNS,/ Photographer,/ EDINBURGH".

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