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[Mrs. Rigby]

Date

1843–1848

Medium

Salted paper print from a paper negative

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

> Mrs. Anne Rigby (1777-1872) moved to Edinburgh from Norfolk, England, in 1842, accompanied by her daughters Matilda (1815-date unknown) and Elizabeth (1809-93) (see [84.XP.460.7](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/39804/hill-adamson-miss-elizabeth-rigby-1844-1845/)). Described by one relative as "a bright, clever, energetic woman," Mrs. Rigby "was a strict disciplinarian as to punctuality" who "never allowed her children to have 'nerves.'" The severity of this full-length standing portrait, taken in three-quarter view by Hill and Adamson (David Octavius Hill [1802-70] and Robert Adamson [1821-48]), emphasizes her strong character. The white, lace pelerine is contrasted with the dark dress, whose leaf pattern echoes the blurred foliage in the background. (See other portraits of Mrs. Rigby: [84.XO.734.4.3.4](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/99304/hill-adamson-mrs-rigby-1843-1847/), [84.XO.734.4.2.46](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/99292/hill-adamson-mrs-rigby-1843-1848/) and [84.XO.608.4](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/99107/hill-adamson-mrs-anne-palgrave-rigby-1843-1846/)). > > Adapted from Anne M. Lyden. *Hill and Adamson*, In Focus: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999), 52. ©1999, J. Paul Getty Museum.

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