Old Vennel, Off High Street

1868-1871

Thomas Annan

Artist, Scottish, 1829 - 1887

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carbon print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.9 x 22.3 cm (10 9/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 x 37.9 cm (20 x 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.36.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • 19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.

2016

  • Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery of Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2016 - 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1977

  • Thomas Annan: Photographs of the Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow 1868/1877, with a Supplement of 15 Related Views. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1977, illus.pl.2.

  • Mozley, Anita V. "Thomas Annan of Glasgow." Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House 20:2 (June 1977), pp.1-12.

Inscriptions

on mount, lower center printed in black ink: 2. Old Vennel, off High Street; by later hand, on mount, lower right in graphite: R283

Wikidata ID

Q64170341

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