Mr John Clark

Category

Library Item

Item no

978

Title

Mr John Clark

Description

The photograph shows a full length portrait of a man, Mr John Clark, who is standing next to a table with two books on it, leaning one hand on a carved wooden chair. He has a a beard and wears a bow tie with a long jacket, waistcoat and trousers.

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 September 1866 and no. 1448 in the photographer's collection.

Mr John Clark of Boroughloch House, Edinburgh. Mr Doull also took pictures of his wife and children.

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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