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Afghan or Circassian Armour

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Afghan or Circassian Armour

David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

Date
1843
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
image: 19.9 x 14 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.) mount: 37.7 x 26.7 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2007.29.22
Credit line
Paul Mellon Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • salted paper print
  • Scottish
Provenance

D.O. Hill; gift to Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1852; de-accessioned, 1977; Howard and Jane Ricketts, London; NGA purchase, 2007.

Inscription

On mount, by later hands, lower left in graphite: Mr. Lane and; upper right in graphite: H/7/17; stamped lower right: RSA

NGA object ID 137701. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.