David Octavius Hill
The Letter (Marion Finlay, Mrs Margaret (Dryburgh) Lyall and Mrs. Grace (Finlay) Ramsay)

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)
ArtistScottish, 1802–1870
ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
CultureScottish
Titles
  • The Letter (Marion Finlay, Mrs Margaret (Dryburgh) Lyall and Mrs. Grace (Finlay) Ramsay)
Date1843–1847
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 7 3/8 × 5 7/16 in. (18.7 × 13.8 cm)
 Mount: 10 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (27.6 × 22 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.495
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceFrom portfolio assembled by David Octavius Hill for sale to Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; Ex-collection Dietmar Siegert, Munich; purchased by Manfred Heiting, December 1, 1990; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, verso, lower right corner of image: "22", in ink: "22"
There is no evident signature.

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