Thomas Annan
Close, No. 18 Saltmarket.

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Artist Thomas Annan(Scottish, 1829–1887)Scottish, 1829–1887

CultureScottish

Titles

Close, No. 18 Saltmarket.
from the publication The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow

Date1868–1871, printed 1877

Place depictedGlasgow, Scotland

MediumCarbon print

DimensionsImage: 11 3/16 × 8 3/4 in. (28.4 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 3/4 in. (28.4 × 22.2 cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 15 1/8 in. (50.5 × 38.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alexander K. McLanahan in honor of Jonathan Finger at "One Great Night in November, 2016"

Object number2016.219

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

Gallery 208

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Description

In 1866 the Glasgow City Improvement Trust commissioned
Thomas Annan to photograph areas of the city slated for demolition. Although he
was more interested in documenting the closes (narrow cul-de-sacs between
buildings) than their inhabitants, in this photograph Annan nonetheless recorded
the blurry forms of two figures in the doorways on the right. Their ghostly
forms seem to anticipate the fate of the buildings, which would soon vanish
from sight.

Provenance[Unidentified dealer]; [Alan Klotz Gallery c. 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.
Exhibition History“Another Time, Another Place: Aspects of 19th Century Photography”, Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, July 7–August 20, 2010.

“The AIPAD Photography Show,” New York, April 10–13, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Letterpress LC: 25. Close, No. 18 Saltmarket.
[no verso inscriptions]

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