A family group of three. The parents are sitting and the daughter standing holding her fathers hand. They are posed in front of an oil painting of a woman propped on a table.

A pair with 29b. The leather hinge has parted.

A half length portrait of a seated Indian gentleman with an elbow resting on a table at his side. He wears light trousers and waistcoat, with a long dark jacket and a bow tie and high collars.

Part of a family group of daguerreotypes and collodion positives acquired together and listed in Daguerreobase as numbers 001 to 016 in this collection. Professor Thomas Leverton Donaldson (19th of October 1795 – 1st of August 1885) eldest son of James and Jane Donaldson of Williamshaw, Ayrshire lived at 21 Upper Bedford Place, W C London. He married Matilda Georgiana second daughter of Thomas Lingham of Shooter’s Hill, Kent on the 10th of January 1826. This first son, Thomas Olinthus Donaldson was born late on the 10th of October 1826. Professor Donaldson was Professor of Architecture at University College London. He was a founder member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He served on a committee to determine if the Elgin marbles were originally coloured. Professor Donaldson is buried in Brompton cemetery, Fulham, London grave number 43.

Part of a family group of daguerreotypes and collodion positives acquired together and listed in Daguerreobase as numbers 001 to 016 in this collection. Thomas Olinthus Donaldson (born 10/10/1826) was in first son of Professor Thomas Leverton Donaldson and his wife Matilda. He served in the 2nd regiment of the East Indian Engineers. The engineers assisted in building the East Indian railway between circa 1845 and 1850. He married Maria Nethersole.