Lot Essay
The carbon prints were seemingly commissioned for public sale by Andrew Elliot from Thomas Annan's firm circa 1880 and from Miss Jessie Bertram between 1910 and 1920.
Portrait studies, 1840s, printed later
Details
DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL and ROBERT ADAMSON
Portrait studies, 1840s, printed later
Ten carbon prints, sizes from 7¾ x 5¾ in. to 8 x 6 in., mounted on card within ruled ink borders, four identified in pencil in a later hand on mount or on verso. (10)
Portrait studies, 1840s, printed later
Ten carbon prints, sizes from 7¾ x 5¾ in. to 8 x 6 in., mounted on card within ruled ink borders, four identified in pencil in a later hand on mount or on verso. (10)
Literature
Stevenson, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, John Henning, p. 70, e; Rev. William Bruce Robertson, p. 101a; Rev. Thomas Henshaw Jones, p. 76a; Rev. Dr. William Scoresby, p. 103b; Sir Culling Eardley Smith, p. 105a; p. 173 no. 270, Mrs. Isabella (Burns) Begg, p. 132b; and Mrs. Anne (Palgrave) Rigby p. 143f and p. 34.