Miss Watson

Category

Library Item

Item no

648

Title

Miss Watson

Description

Portrait photograph of Miss Watson who is seated. She is wearing Victorian costume consisting of a day dress with a frilled decoration at the bust, shoulder, upper sleeve and around the cuffs. She wears a brooch at the throat, drop earrings and a broad belt. She has a ring on her ring finger. Her hair is in a tight tied back hairstyle.

Artist / maker

Doull, David

Date

1867

Size

10.8 x 8.2 cm

Type

Glass negative

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Photograph taken on the 5th January 1867.
Miss Watson of Antiqua Street, Edinburgh.The address belonged to Mrs John Watson and George H Watson, teacher of writing, arithmetic and book-keeping at 36 George Street.Mr Doull also took a portrait of George H Watson, they are probably Mrs John Watson's 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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Sport and leisure > Activities > Sitting