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Mrs McLennan with two men
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
Mrs McLennan with two men
Mrs McLennan with two men
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Item no
962
Title
Mrs McLennan with two men
Description
The photograph shows a full length portrait of a group of people. A young woman stands in front of a screen of a garden scene next to two young men, one standing and the other sitting on a cane chair. The woman has her hair tied back and is wearing earings. Her dress is black with buttons to the waist, which is drawn in with an ornamental belt buckle. Her puffed sleeves are long and show white cuffs at the wrists. The two men wear jackets with collar and tie.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Photographed on the 10th November 1866.
Mrs McLennan and two men of 35 Lothian Street, Edinburgh. Mrs McLennan was a spirit dealer at 148 Cowgate.
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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