Capital Collections

Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services – Image Library

Collections

Welcome to Capital Collections – a choice of images from the collections of Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Services. Whether you are researching your family tree or doing a school project, you can discover the historical and cultural life of Edinburgh, Scotland and the Scots through this growing image library which includes a wonderful selection of photographs, drawings, watercolours and engravings.

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Exhibitions

On-line exhibitions feature selected images from the collections. Some of the exhibitions are highlighted on the right of this page and a complete listing is available from the menu choice Exhibitions.

Use of the website

Images from this site can be downloaded for personal and educational purposes. Please read the Terms and Conditions and the section on copyright for more information.

Views and Costumes of China & Japan by Baron Stillfried

A collection of prints from the studio of Baron Raimund von Stillfried, an Austrian photographer practising in Japan in the 1870's. Images of landscapes, Shinto Temples and villages are complemented with portraits of Japanese people.

Moray Family Album volume 2

This exhibition covers one of a set of six family photograph albums known as the Moray Albums. They belonged to a family known as the Stirling Home-Drummond Moray's, an aristocratic, well-connected Scottish landowning family.