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[Aleck Bell with an Unidentified Woman]
Creator
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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- October 1867
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- Scottish
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Portrait of a woman standing, one elbow resting on the shoulder of a young man, Aleck Bell, who is seated. The woman is looking down at Mr. Bell, who is looking straight ahead, past the camera.
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