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Miss R Thomson
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
Miss R Thomson
Miss R Thomson
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Item no
1102
Title
Miss R Thomson
Description
Portrait photograph of a young girl called Miss R Thomson standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is holding the arm of a wicker chair which has a small basket of flowers placed on it. She wears a short-sleeved dress with full skirt and holds a hat in front of her dress.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Photographed on the 24th December 1866.
Miss R Thomson of Windmill Street, Edinburgh. Mr Doull photographed seven members of the Thomson family.
David Doull was a professional photographer at 72 Lauriston Place from 1865 - 1867. He was born in Edinburgh in 1831 and was one of the founder members of the Edinburgh Photographic Society in 1861. In 1970 Edinburgh Public Libraries purchased Mr Doull's collection of 319 glass negatives from Mr Frank Seymour, one in a chain of successors to Mr Doull's shop at Lauriston Place.
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