Ladies on Loch Katrine

Category

Library Item

Item no

3702

Title

Ladies on Loch Katrine

Description

Five women set sail from the side of a loch in a small rowing boat. The boat has a mast and unfurled sail. The ladies are all wearing hats and are all seated in the bottom of the boat except one who is standing with an oar.

Artist / maker

Keith, Thomas

Date

1856

Size

22 x 27.5 cm

Type

Paper negative

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

We believe this photograph to be the work of photographer Thomas Keith although there may be some doubt as to whether this is his work.

Thomas Keith was a surgeon who trained at Edinburgh University where he was a medical apprentice to Sir James Young Simpson. In 1853 he joined his older brother, George Skene Keith, in general practice in Edinburgh, opening a private infirmary in the 1870's. His interest in photography dates from 1852, but he produced his earliest dated picture in 1854. By 1857 pressure of work from his medical practice brought his photographic career to an end.

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Landscape > Land > Hills

Landscape > Land > Mountains

Landscape > Water > Loch, lakes and ponds

People > Adults > Women

Places > Scotland > Stirlingshire

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland

Transport > Water > Boats

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