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Miss Binny
Hill, David Octavius, 1847, Salted paper print
Miss Binny
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3615
Title
Miss Binny
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A seated woman wearing a dress has ringlets in her hair, rests her elbow on a book and has gloves on her hands.
Artist / maker
Hill, David Octavius
Date
1847
Size
21.4 x 15.9 cm
Type
Salted paper print
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Miss Jane Binny was the daughter of Graham Binny. Hill's vision of the early Victorian woman was that of a fragile upper-class lady in contemplative pose. The daughters of the families living in the New Town, Edinburgh's fashionable area, were particularly suitable subjects for these calotypes.
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An Hundred Pictures in Calotype by Hill & Adamson
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