Mrs Livingston

Category

Library Item

Item no

982

Title

Mrs Livingston

Description

The photograph shows a full length portrait of a woman, Mrs Livingston, standing next to a table which has a basket of flowers on it. Her hair is tied back and she wears a light coloured dress with puffed sleeves and a floor length full skirt. The bodice and shoulders are decorated with dark braiding and she has buttons to her waist.

Artist / maker

Doull, David

Date

1866

Size

10.8 x 8.2 cm

Type

Glass negative

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Photographed on the 14th November 1866 and
Mrs Livingston of 5 Hill Place, Edinburgh.This was the address of the Globe Hotel in 1866.

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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Clothing and dress > Garments > Dresses

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