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Copy of a photograph of a girl
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
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Copy of a photograph of a girl
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653
Title
Copy of a photograph of a girl
Description
Copy of a portrait photograph of a girl leaning against a chair. She is wearing Victorian costume consisting of a two-tiered and pinstriped short-sleeved dress. The upper tier has a trim around it and the sleeves are puffed sleeves. The girl has ringlets in her hair and is wearing a headband.
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 28th December 1866.
Copy of a photographic portrait of a girl for Mrs William D Young of Gilmour Place, Edinburgh. The address belongs to William D Young of W&D Young and Co, wine and spirit merchants, 17 Cowgate-head.
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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Victorian Studio Portraits
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