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The image shows three children outdoors. One boy is sitting on a rock, holding a stick. Another child is partially obscured behind him. A girl is leaning on the rocks, wearing a dress. A basket is on the grass beside the rock. The background is blurred with dark foliage or trees.
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The image shows three children outdoors. One boy is sitting on a rock, holding a stick. Another child is partially obscured behind him. A girl is leaning on the rocks, wearing a dress. A basket is on the grass beside the rock. The background is blurred with dark foliage or trees.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

At the Minnow Pool

David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

Date
1843-1847
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 20.4 x 14.8 cm (8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.) mount: 37.4 x 26.2 cm (14 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2007.29.24
Credit line
Paul Mellon Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • salted paper print
  • Scottish
Provenance

J. Dunbar; Howard and Jane Ricketts, London; NGA purchase, 2007.

Inscription

by later hands, lower left in graphite: L Sophy Finlay & Hope [crossed out]; on verso, center in graphite: The Finlay Children / (or The Minnow Pool); lower left in graphite: Ex Dunbar Collection: S Bel 24/5/73 L83

NGA object ID 137712. 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.