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The image shows a group of six people, five women and one man, posing in front of a textured wall. All individuals are displayed from head to toe. The man, second from the left, is standing with his arms crossed, wearing a dark suit, a top hat, and glasses. The women are dressed in simple, period-appropriate clothing with long skirts and blouses. Most have their hair covered with cloths or headscarves. The central seated woman has her chin resting on her hand, while another seated on the right seems to be holding something. The standing women have their arms on their hips or crossed. The setting seems to be outdoors, indicated by the dirt ground and the rough-textured wall behind them with a shadow cast upon it, suggesting bright lighting conditions.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
A Newhaven Pilot's Cottage Door
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
- Date
- 1845
- Medium
- salted paper print
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 14.8 × 20 cm (5 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 1995.36.89
- Credit line
- Patrons' Permanent Fund
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CPH
Portfolio and series
- Series
- The Fishermen and Women of the Firth of Forth
Subjects and terms
- salted paper print
- family
- portrait
- Scottish
Provenance
J. Dunbar, Esq., Dublin, Scotland; (Weston Gallery, Inc., Carmel, CA); David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA, 1985; NGA purchase, 1995.
Inscription
on mount, upper left in graphite: 23; on verso, by later hand, upper left in graphite: 9215 T [circled]
NGA object ID 92222. 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.