Photographs attributed to David Sydney Fish

This material is held atRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 235 DSF
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1900 - 1906
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 47 photographs plus duplicates in pockets, 1cm

Scope and Content

47 photographs / studies of members of RBGE staff, mainly gardeners / probationer gardeners, some named, but many not.
Names include David Sydney Fish (x2), W. Douglas, Murray, David Wilkie, James D. McKenzie, James Esplin, D.M. Ross, William Ritchie, H.B. Anderson, Andrew R. Cosh, Thomas Sherlock, Douglas Law, William Fernie and Alexander Reid.

Administrative / Biographical History

Gardener and Foreman at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh before becoming Secretary and Garden Superintendent of the Horticultural Society in Alexandria, Egypt between 1906 and 1912. Skilled photographer. Wrote Book of the Winter Garden in 1906. Son of David Taylor Fish (1824-1901)

Arrangement

photographs are arranged by the number on their back - unfortunately any list providing more details for this list, such as subject or photographer (Fish cannot have been the photographer for all of them) has been lost.

Access Information

Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

Note

Gardener and Foreman at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh before becoming Secretary and Garden Superintendent of the Horticultural Society in Alexandria, Egypt between 1906 and 1912. Skilled photographer. Wrote Book of the Winter Garden in 1906. Son of David Taylor Fish (1824-1901)

Conditions Governing Use

Permission required from RBGE.

Bibliography

some images were used in "How the Garden Grew" by Leonie Paterson, RBGE, 2013

Additional Information

published

Partial

DSF

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