Close No. 136 Saltmarket
Thomas Annan
1868
Medium
Photogravure, plate 31 from the book "The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow" (1900)
Dimensions
Image: 22.2 × 17.4 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.); Paper: 38 × 27.7 cm (15 × 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
photograph
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
234035
About the Artist
Thomas Annan · 1829–1887
Thomas Annan (1829–1887) was born in Dairsie, Fife, the son of a farmer. He moved to Cupar in 1845, where he undertook a seven-year apprenticeship as a lithographic engraver with the printing firm of Tullis, acquiring a technical foundation in image reproduction that would later inform his approach to photography. In 1855 he committed to a new vocation as a photographer, establishing a studio in G...