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Miss Maggie Shiels
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
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655
Title
Miss Maggie Shiels
Description
Portrait photograph of Miss Maggie Shiels. The child is wearing Victorian costume consisting of a sheepskin trimmed swagger jacket. The coat is tied at the neck with a ribbon. She is wearing a sheepskin trimmed hat, a calf-length dress, ankle boots and is holding a small basket of flowers. She is standing beside a fence and infront of an outdoor backdrop scene in a photographer's studio.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Photograph taken on the 26th December 1866.
Miss Maggie Shiels of Sylvan Place, Edinburgh. The address belongs to Robert Shiels, probably of Robert Shiels & Sons, wholesale confectioners, 5-7 Bristo Place. Maggie is probably his daughter.
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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