The Alfred Stieglitz Collection
  • Recto of print
  • Recto of print with original mount
  • Verso of print
  • Verso of print under raking light to show surface relief
  • Photomicrograph showing print surface (scale bar is in micrometers)

David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1802–1870 and 1821–1848)

Sir John McNeill, 1845, printed 1890/1900

Carbon print; 20.2 x 15.1 cm (image/paper); 30.7 x 24.4 cm (mount)
Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.683

 

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