Close No. 157 Bridgegate
Thomas Annan
1868
Medium
Photogravure, plate 34 from the book "The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow" (1900)
Dimensions
Image: 22.7 × 18.2 cm (8 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Paper: 38 × 27.6 cm (15 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
photograph
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
234038
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...