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Melville Adamson and Aleck Bell
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Dr. John AdamsonPhotographer · 1810–1870
All works by this person →John Adamson was a medical doctor and curator of the St. Andrews Literary and Philosophical Society Museum in Scotland from its formation in 1838 until his death in 1870. The Society was an eclectic group of intellectuals with a wide variety of interests; at its meetings, Adamson learned of the invention of photography from Sir David Brewster. Brewster, the newly appointed principal of the St. And
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- about 1860
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- Scottish
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 40544d71-6528-441e-a100-58e8114e00c3
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A woman, Melville Adamson, and a boy, her nephew Aleck Bell, standing in the doorway of a house. The boy is showing the woman something in his basket.
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