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Three children of Mrs Robert Middlemass
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
Three children of Mrs Robert Middlemass
Three children of Mrs Robert Middlemass
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Item no
1257
Title
Three children of Mrs Robert Middlemass
Description
Portrait photograph of three of Mrs Robert Middlemass's children. In the centre is seated the older boy who is wearing a suit and pocket watch. To his left is a younger sister who is wearing a dress with a lace collar and a white petticoat and is carrying a basket of flowers. The child to the right is probably a girl and is wearing a dress trimmed with black velvet and is holding a bunch of flowers. A toy horse stands in the foreground.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Photograph taken on the 26th September 1866.
Three of Mrs Robert Middlemass's children of 25 Findhorn Place, Edinburgh. Robert Middlemas was a baker and confectioner at 20 West Preston Street. Mr Doull also took photographs of the children's mother and three other daughters.
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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Victorian Studio Portraits
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