David Octavius Hill
Fisherlassies

Fisherlassies

Public Domain

Fisherlassies
ArtistScottish, 1802–1870
ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Fisherlassies
  • Mrs. Logan and two unknown women, Newhaven, used as study for Hill's painting of Edinburgh from the Castle, 1847
Date1843–1844
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (13.9 × 18.7 cm)
 Mount: 9 11/16 × 14 11/16 in. (24.6 × 37.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.521
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-collection J. Dunbar, Esq; Sotheby's, London, 1970's; Lunn Ltd., Washington, D.C.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd., Washington, D.C., on 3/23/1985.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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There is no evident signature.

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Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.497
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c. 1845
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.517
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Miss Matilda Rigby
1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.489
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Miss Matilda Rigby
1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.511
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1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.500
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1844
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.496
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Miss Jane Binney (Later Mrs. James Webster)
1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.505
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Mrs. Elizabeth Rigby (Later Lady Eastlake)
1844–1845
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.504
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1843–1844
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.499
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The Porthole (Seargeant and Private of the 42nd Gordon Highlanders, Edinburg Castle)
1846
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.508
The Letter (Marion Finlay, Mrs Margaret (Dryburgh) Lyall and Mrs. Grace (Finlay) Ramsay)
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The Letter (Marion Finlay, Mrs Margaret (Dryburgh) Lyall and Mrs. Grace (Finlay) Ramsay)
1843–1847
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.495