$400
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Auction: February 18, 2021 10:00:00 AM EDT
Circa 1845. Salted paper print from calotype negative. Print: 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (159 x 206 mm). In mat and in frame, 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 in. (263 x 311 mm).
Hill and Adamson established the first photography studio in Scotland in 1843, only four years after the invention of photography.
Provenance:
Christie's, New York, Sale 3481, Lot 61, September 29, 2014.
Sotheby's, London, Lot 83, October 26, 1979.