David Octavius Hill
Bonaly Towers (Group includes John Henning, Mrs. Cockborn, Lord Cockborn, Mrs. Cleghorn and D.O. Hill)

Bonaly Towers (Group includes John Henning, Mrs. Cockborn, Lord Cockborn, Mrs. Cleghorn and D.O. Hill)

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Bonaly Towers (Group includes John Henning, Mrs. Cockborn, Lord Cockborn, Mrs. Cleghorn and D.O. Hill)
ArtistScottish, 1802–1870
ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Bonaly Towers (Group includes John Henning, Mrs. Cockborn, Lord Cockborn, Mrs. Cleghorn and D.O. Hill)
Datec. 1846
Place depictedBonaly, Scotland
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 × 6 3/16 in. (20.4 × 15.7 cm)
 Mount: 10 7/8 × 8 5/8 in. (27.6 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.498
Not on view

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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: "3", in ink: "3"
There is no evident signature.

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