Lot 23: DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL (1802–1870) AND - ROBERT ADAMSON (1821–1848)

DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL (1802–1870) AND
ROBERT ADAMSON (1821–1848)
Master Hope Finlay, 1843–1847
salt print from a calotype negative, mounted on paper
annotated with strikethrough in pencil (mount, recto); titled in pencil
(mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 x 5 7/8 in. (20.4 x 15 cm.)
mount: 14 x 10 1/4 in. (35.6 x 26.1 cm.)

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s Belgravia, December 4, 1974, lot 124;
acquired from the above sale by John M. Bransten, San Francisco;
by descent to the present owner.