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Mr Thomas Fraser
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
Mr Thomas Fraser
Mr Thomas Fraser
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Item no
1106
Title
Mr Thomas Fraser
Description
A portrait photograph of Mr Thomas Fraser sitting beside an ornate desk. He has his legs crossed and is resting one elbow on the table top. He is wearing a dark jacket with a contrasting trim. He has a high forehead and a beard and moustache.
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.
Mr Thomas Fraser of 173 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. Mr Fraser worked for the drainage department of the Police Chambers.
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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