At the Minnow Pool

1843-1847

David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

Associated Names
David Octavius Hill

Artist, Scottish, 1802 - 1870

Robert Adamson

Artist, Scottish, 1821 - 1848

The image shows three children outdoors. One boy is sitting on a rock, holding a stick. Another child is partially obscured behind him. A girl is leaning on the rocks, wearing a dress. A basket is on the grass beside the rock. The background is blurred with dark foliage or trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 20.4 x 14.8 cm (8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
    mount: 37.4 x 26.2 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.29.24

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. Dunbar; Howard and Jane Ricketts, London; NGA purchase, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

by later hands, lower left in graphite: L Sophy Finlay & Hope [crossed out]; on verso, center in graphite: The Finlay Children / (or The Minnow Pool); lower left in graphite: Ex Dunbar Collection: S Bel 24/5/73 L83

Wikidata ID

Q64146041

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