[Aleck Bell with an Unidentified Woman]

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[Aleck Bell with an Unidentified Woman]

Creator

Dr. John Adamson

Photographer · 1810–1870

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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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Date
October 1867
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
Scottish
Department
Photographs
Institution
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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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