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Photograph (Calotype Negative) of a Village, Probably by John Thomson RN, c.1850

Inventory Number 11852


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by W. Chesterman in 1937. He was the technician in the Department of Human Anatomy, Oxford, and acquired them from Professor Arthur Thomson (1858-1935). They belonged to his father John Thomson, of Edinburgh, a naval surgeon.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 179mm Width: 141mm
Inventory No
11852
Accession Number
1937-15

Description

Waxed. View from a high room or roof of rooftops and houses in a northern town or village, with hill beyond.

For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.