Lochiel, Scotland in 1745

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Lochiel, Scotland in 1745

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Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville

Photographer · 1835–1906

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Ronald Leslie Melville, the eleventh Earl of Leven and Melville, was an aristocratic amateur photographer and member of the Amateur Photographic Association, to which he was elected in 1866. Well-known in London as head of an Anglo-American banking house and director of the Bank of England, he pursued photography simply as a pleasurable pastime. He produced theatrical *tableaux vivant* and genre p

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Date: 1860s
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: Scottish
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

A Caucasian man in traditional Scottish dress is lying down on the ground with his eyes closed, while another man with his sword drawn stands next to him. Two Caucasian women are also present, each covering themselves with a large piece of cloth, except for their faces. Visible in the background is a brick building with a window and a door that was ajar.

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