Lot Essay
Other prints of this image reside in public collections including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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At the Minnow Pool, Arthur and John Hope and Sophia Finlay, 1843–1847
Details
DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL (1802–1870) AND ROBERT ADAMSON (1821–1848)
At the Minnow Pool, Arthur and John Hope and Sophia Finlay, 1843–1847
waxed salted paper print from calotype negative, mounted on paper
titled 'Finlay Children' and numbered '162: 1, 2' in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm.)
mount: 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (36.2 x 26.6 cm.)
At the Minnow Pool, Arthur and John Hope and Sophia Finlay, 1843–1847
waxed salted paper print from calotype negative, mounted on paper
titled 'Finlay Children' and numbered '162: 1, 2' in pencil (mount, recto)
image/sheet: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm.)
mount: 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (36.2 x 26.6 cm.)
Provenance
The collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997.
acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997.
Literature
Katherine Michaelson, A Centenary Exhibition of the Work of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, 1970, pl. 27, n.p.
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