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Misses Sutton and Doig
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
Misses Sutton and Doig
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Item no
972
Title
Misses Sutton and Doig
Description
The photograph shows full length portraits of two women, Misses Sutton and Doig, reading against a painted backdrop of an outdoor scene. One woman stands looking at a piece of paper, while the other is sitting, holding a book. Both are smartly dressed with brocaded jackets and full skirts and have their hair tied back. The standing woman also wears a black hat with ostrich feathers and a large necklace with a cross. Her companion wears earings and her white hat is placed at her feet.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Photographed on the 1st September1866.
Misses Sutton and Doig of 1 Eden Court, Carlisle.
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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