David Octavius Hill
Fisherlassies

Fisherlassies

Public Domain

Fisherlassies
ArtistScottish, 1802–1870
ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Fisherlassies
  • Mrs. Logan and two unknown women, Newhaven, used as study for Hill's painting of Edinburgh from the Castle, 1847
Date1843–1844
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 5 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (13.9 × 18.7 cm)
 Mount: 9 11/16 × 14 11/16 in. (24.6 × 37.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.521
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-collection J. Dunbar, Esq; Sotheby's, London, 1970's; Lunn Ltd., Washington, D.C.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Lunn Ltd., Washington, D.C., on 3/23/1985.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There are no evident marks or inscriptions.
There is no evident signature.

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Salted paper print from paper negative
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