David Octavius Hill
Byrne, the Blind Irish Harper

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 Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.507
Non exposé

Explore Further

Department
Photography
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.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Bonaly Towers (Group includes John Henning, Mrs. Cockborn, Lord Cockborn, Mrs. Cleghorn and D.O. Hill)
David Octavius Hill
c. 1846
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.498
Greyfriars' Churchyard, Mylne's Monument
David Octavius Hill
c. 1846
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.497
Summer Afternoon, Master John Hope Finlay
David Octavius Hill
c. 1845
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.517
Miss Matilda Rigby
David Octavius Hill
1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.489
David Octavius Hill at the Gate of Rock House
David Octavius Hill
1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.500
John Ban MacKenzie (1796–1864), Piper to the Marquis of Breadalbane and the Highland Society
David Octavius Hill
1844
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.496
Miss Jane Binney (Later Mrs. James Webster)
David Octavius Hill
1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.505
Mrs. Elizabeth Rigby (Later Lady Eastlake)
David Octavius Hill
1844–1845
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.504
Finlay of Colosay (Deerstalker in the employ of Campbell of Islay)
David Octavius Hill
1843–1844
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.499
The Porthole (Seargeant and Private of the 42nd Gordon Highlanders, Edinburg Castle)
David Octavius Hill
1846
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.508
The Letter (Marion Finlay, Mrs Margaret (Dryburgh) Lyall and Mrs. Grace (Finlay) Ramsay)
David Octavius Hill
1843–1847
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.495
Jeanie Wilson and Annie Linton, Newhaven
David Octavius Hill
c. 1843
Salted paper print from paper negative
2004.506