Plate 32: Close, No. 128 Saltmarket
1868-1871, printed 1877
Medium
carbon print
Dimensions
image: 11 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (28.6 x 23.2 cm) support: 45.1 x 38.4 cm (17 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Accession Number
2006.133.20
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...