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Master Brown
Doull, David, 1866, Glass negative
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Master Brown
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Item no
968
Title
Master Brown
Description
The photograph shows a half length portrait of a young boy named Master Brown, sitting on a chair with his legs crossed and his hands clasped together. He is wearing a jacket, waistcoat and narrow bow tie. He has baggy trousers which tuck into his socks below the knee.
Artist / maker
Doull, David
Date
1866
Size
10.8 x 8.2 cm
Type
Glass negative
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Photographed on the 10th November 1866.
Master Brown of 21 Grange Loan, Edinburgh. The address belongs to a Mrs Samuel Brown who is probably his mother. Mr Doull also photographed Miss Brown, who is probably his sister.
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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