David Octavius Hill
Byrne, the Blind Irish Harper

Byrne, the Blind Irish Harper

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Byrne, the Blind Irish Harper
ArtistScottish, 1802–1870
ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Byrne, the Blind Irish Harper
Date1845
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 6 1/4 in. (19.5 × 15.8 cm)
 Mount: 10 15/16 × 8 11/16 in. (27.8 × 22 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.507
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: "16", in ink: "16"
Marked in pencil, recto, lower left side of mount at bottom: "Padd Byrne / Irish Harper"
There is no evident signature.

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