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Mr John Ross
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
Mr John Ross
Mr John Ross
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Item no
1105
Title
Mr John Ross
Description
A half-length portrait photograph of a man named John Ross. He is sitting and wearing a coat with a waistcoat, high collar and necktie. His hair is styled in a side parting and he has bushy sideburns.
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.
John Ross of Rearcher, Dornoch, Sutherlandshire. Mr Ross was also part of a group portrait taken by Mr Doull.
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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