David Octavius Hill and William Borthwick Johnstone
About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
1802 - 1870 and 1821 - 1848
David Octavius Hill and William Borthwick Johnstone
salt print, tipped to a paper mount, signed 'D.O. Hill RSA' and 'W.B. Johnstone RSA' in pencil on the mount
image: 7⅜ by 5⅝ in. (18.7 by 14.3 cm.)
Executed in 1843-47.
Condition Report:
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This print, tipped to a thin paper mount, is in generally excellent condition. There is sunning at the perimeter and faint soiling overall. '171' is written in pencil in an unidentified hand in the upper left corner of the mount.
The reverse of the mount is faintly soiled with fingerprints.
Catalogue Note:
Other prints of this image are in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Provenance:
Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York
Acquired from the above in 2001 by the present owner
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About Face: The David and Gail Mixer Collection of Photographs
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
1802 - 1870 and 1821 - 1848
David Octavius Hill and William Borthwick Johnstone
salt print, tipped to a paper mount, signed 'D.O. Hill RSA' and 'W.B. Johnstone RSA' in pencil on the mount
image: 7⅜ by 5⅝ in. (18.7 by 14.3 cm.)
Executed in 1843-47.
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This print, tipped to a thin paper mount, is in generally excellent condition. There is sunning at the perimeter and faint soiling overall. '171' is written in pencil in an unidentified hand in the upper left corner of the mount.
The reverse of the mount is faintly soiled with fingerprints.
Catalogue Note:
Other prints of this image are in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Provenance:
Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York
Acquired from the above in 2001 by the present owner
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