Reid (Charles, 1837-1929). Highland cattle, c.1880-1900, large carbon print, signed 'C. Reid' in the negative lower right, a few spots, longitudinal strip of darkening down centre of image, contemporary wooden frame (with trade label, Alex. Fotheringham, to rear), glazed, visible dimensions 345 x 465 mm (qty: 1) Scottish photographer Charles Reid 'specialised in animal studies and it is for these small albumen and large carbon prints that he is known today ... Reid's pictures are always well composed and show good technique ... His large carbon studies of Highland cattle and sheep graced many late Victorian parlours' (Hannavy, ed., The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, p. 1186).