David Octavius Hill
The Bird Cage

ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
PrinterScottish, 1864–1946
CultureScottish
Titles
  • The Bird Cage
  • Misses Watson
Date1843–1847, printed 1909
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 6 1/4 in. (20.8 × 15.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (25.7 × 19.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.490
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJames Craig Annan; [...]; [Lunn Ltd.]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, February 11, 1990; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, recto, lower left corner of sheet: "The Bird Cage"
There is no evident signature.

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