Miss Munro

Category

Library Item

Item no

3613

Title

Miss Munro

Description

A seated woman, holding a book in her hand, wears a dress and has her hair in ringlets. A vase is on the table beside the woman.

Artist / maker

Hill, David Octavius

Date

1847

Size

20.4 x 15.4 cm

Type

Salted paper print

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Miss Justine Munro was the daughter of Sheriff Munro of Linlithgowshire. Hill's vision of the early Victorian woman was that of a fragile upper-class lady in contemplative pose. The daughters of the families living in the New Town, Edinburgh's fashionable area, were particularly suitable subjects for these calotypes.

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Clothing and dress > Garments > Dresses

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