Afghan or Circassian Armour

1843

David Octavius Hill

Artist, Scottish, 1802 - 1870

Robert Adamson

Artist, Scottish, 1821 - 1848

David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.9 x 14 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
    mount: 37.7 x 26.7 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.29.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

D.O. Hill; gift to Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1852; de-accessioned, 1977; Howard and Jane Ricketts, London; NGA purchase, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

On mount, by later hands, lower left in graphite: Mr. Lane and; upper right in graphite: H/7/17; stamped lower right: RSA

Wikidata ID

Q64146030

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