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Mr & Mrs William Thomson
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
Mr & Mrs William Thomson
Mr & Mrs William Thomson
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Item no
1366
Title
Mr & Mrs William Thomson
Description
A portrait photograph of Mr & Mrs William Thomson. Mrs Thomson is sitting beside her husband who is standing and leaning on an ornate writing desk. She is wearing a lace shawl over a striped dress and a bonnet which ties under her chin in a long ribbon. Mr Thomson is wearing a frock coat, waistcoat, trousers and a pocket watch.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Photographed on 8th October 1866.
Mr & Mrs William Thomson of 5 Windmill Street, Edinburgh. Mr Thomson was a brewer. 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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Victorian Studio Portraits
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