Daughter of Mr James Middlemass

Category

Library Item

Item no

1262

Title

Daughter of Mr James Middlemass

Description

Portrait photograph of the daughter of Mr James Middlemass. She is standing beside a balloon backed chair and is holding a basket of flowers. She is wearing an embroidered dress, petticoat, woollen tights and black leather shoes.

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.
Daughter of Mr James Middlemass of 8 Dick Place, Edinburgh. James Middlemas and his brother Andrew, owned J&A Middlemas, wholesale & retail clothiers, robemakers, shirtmakers and outfitters of 16,18,20 South Bridge. Mr Doull has also taken portraits of Andrew and Adam Middlemass, Robert Middlemass's children and James's daughter.

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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