The Three Sleepers: Sophia Finlay, Harriet Farnie and Brownie

c. 1845

David Octavius Hill

Artist, Scottish, 1802 - 1870

Robert Adamson

Artist, Scottish, 1821 - 1848

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.6 x 15.6 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.97.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Rubel, Santa Cruz, CA; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1973

  • The Hill/Adamson Albums: A Selection from Early Victorian Photographs Acquired by The National Portrait Gallery in January 1973. London: Times Newspapers Ltd., 1973: no. 50.

1987

  • The Photographs of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Exh. cat. Mendel Art Gallery. Saskatoon [Canada], 1997: no. 74, p. 44.

Inscriptions

all on mount: lower right printed in black ink: RSA; by later hands: upper right in graphite: W9 R/4/6

Wikidata ID

Q64146025

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