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The Photography of Erskine Beveridge

This is a story of collecting the past, told through the lens of Erskine Beveridges’ photographs from the turn of the 20th century. Discover Relics, Ruins and Ways of Life in our online exhibition.

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    Relics

    Discover the history of recording relics and objects surviving from an earlier time.

    Fragments of St John's Cross.
  • Exhibition

    Ruins

    Beveridge was charmed by ruins and many of his photographs capture the remains of buildings that have suffered much damage or dilapidation.

    A dramatic, ruined wall with tall windows
  • Exhibition

    Ways Of Life

    Through his camera, Beveridge captured the various ways of life around Scotland, from Edinburgh to Stromness he documented a key time in our history.

    Little wooden boats in the harbour of a small town
  • Collection

    The Erskine Beveridge Collection

    An incredible collection of over 750 glass plate negatives taken by Erskine Beveridge between 1880 and 1919, now part of the HES Archives.

    A tall, Gothic monument towering beside a large street

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