Thomas Annan
Trongate, from Tron Steeple

Trongate, from Tron Steeple

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Trongate, from Tron Steeple
ArtistScottish, 1829–1887
CultureScottish
Titles
  • Trongate, from Tron Steeple
Date1868
PlaceLondon, England
MediumCarbon print
DimensionsImage: 11 7/8 × 14 7/16 in. (30.1 × 36.7 cm)
 Mount: 14 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (38 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.223
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Photography
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DescriptionA water wagon has just rolled down Trongate Street to keep the dust down. A horse-drawn omnibus approaches the statue of King William III. Construction workers lay the sidewalk in front of the Tontine Hotel. Pedestrians examine the wares in a street peddler’s cart by the Old Equitable Loan Company. Thomas Annan has lugged his enormous camera to the top of Tron Steeple to record it all as part of a series titled “The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow.” It is 2:24 in the afternoon.
ProvenanceFraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, on 7/19/1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil, recto, lower right edge: "MTA.101.X"
Printed, centered below image: "18. Trongate, from Tron Steeple."
There is no evident signature.

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