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Mr Dewar
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
Mr Dewar
Mr Dewar
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Item no
963
Title
Mr Dewar
Description
The photograph shows a portrait of an elderly man seated in a carved wooden chair in front of a painted backdrop of an open window. He rests one hand next to a book placed on top of a nearby table. In his other hand he holds some papers. He has white hair and beard and wears a jacket, waistcoat and bow tie with trousers and boots.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Photographed on the 7th November 1866.
Mr Dewar of 41 Bristo Street, Edinburgh. Mr Doull also photographed Mrs Dewar.
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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Sitting
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