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Miss Douglas
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
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Miss Douglas
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1051
Title
Miss Douglas
Description
The photograph shows a half-length portrait of a young woman called Miss Douglas. She is wearing a long dark dress with white cuffs and white detailing around the neck and upper arms. She wears a brooch at her collar and her hair in two ringlets. She is sitting next to a cloth covered table and resting her arm beside a couple of books which have been placed on top of it.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Picture taken on the 22nd November 1866.
Miss Douglas of 30 Lothian Street, Edinburgh.The house belongs to a Mrs C.Douglas, who is probably her mother.
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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