David Octavius Hill
The Porthole (Seargeant and Private of the 42nd Gordon Highlanders, Edinburg Castle)

The Porthole (Seargeant and Private of the 42nd Gordon Highlanders, Edinburg Castle)

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The Porthole (Seargeant and Private of the 42nd Gordon Highlanders, Edinburg Castle)
ArtistScottish, 1802–1870
ArtistScottish, 1821–1848
CultureScottish
Titles
  • The Porthole (Seargeant and Private of the 42nd Gordon Highlanders, Edinburg Castle)
Date1846
MediumSalted paper print from paper negative
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 5 13/16 in. (20.1 × 14.8 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 number2004.508
Not on view

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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: "17", in ink: "17"
There is no evident signature.

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2004.498