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Photograph (Calotype Negative) of a Wooded Driveway with Figures, Probably by John Thomson RN, c.1850

Inventory Number 11926


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
Object type
photograph
Dimensions
Height: 138mm Width: 181mm
Inventory No
11926
Accession Number
1937-15

Description

Calotype negative, waxed, of a wooded driveway, or the entrance to a park, with four posed figures and well-detailed trees. Another negative of the same scene is 66697, and a contemporary positive print print of that 97053.

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