[Edward Ross, Youngest Son of Horatio Ross]
ca. 1858
![[Edward Ross, Youngest Son of Horatio Ross] by Horatio Ross](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/edward-ross-youngest-son-of-horatio-ross-288055.webp)
Medium
Salted paper print
Dimensions
20.7 x 15.1 cm (8 1/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.552 (3)
Tags
Art Historical Context
In this intimate salted paper print from around 1858, Scottish photographer Horatio Ross captures a tender portrait of his youngest son, Edward. Titled *Edward Ross, Youngest of Horatio Ross*, image exemplifies the personal side of early photography, where family members often served as willing subjects. Ross, a noted sportsman and amateur photographer, produced this work during photography's formative years, when capturing everyday moments like this required patience and technical skill. The salted paper print, a pioneering process developed in the 1830s by William Henry Fox Talbot, involves...
About the Artist
Horatio Ross · 1801–1886
Horatio Ross was born in Scotland in 1801 and became one of the most remarkable early practitioners of photography in Britain, as well as a celebrated sportsman, marksman, and Highland gentleman. Before photography claimed his deepest attention, Ross had already distinguished himself as one of the finest rifle shots in the country, winning numerous competitions and earning a reputation as an outst...