David Octavius Hill
Summer Afternoon, Master John Hope Finlay

ArtistScottish, 1802–1870
ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Summer Afternoon, Master John Hope Finlay
Datec. 1845
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 6 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (15.4 × 20.7 cm)
Mount: 8 11/16 × 10 7/8 in. (22.1 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.517
Not on view

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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: "6", in ink: "6"
Marked in pencil, recto, bottom left of mount: "Summer Afternoon / Master Hope Finlay"
There is no evident signature.

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