Lot 55: William Sherlock

William Sherlock
boy peeling turnips, circa 1855
Salt Print,
261 by 220mm
Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, May 7th and 8th 1985, lot 210.
Literature:
For an account of Sherlock's work, and the reattribution to him of a body of work erroneously ascribed to John Whistler see: Ken and Jenny Jacobson, Etudes d'Apres Nature 19th Century Photographs in Relation to Art, Petches Bridge, 1996, pp. 8 and 179-181.
Another print of this image, formerly in the collection of Sam Wagstaff, now in the collection of the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, illustrated: A Book of Photographs from the Collection of Sam Wagstaff, New York, 1978, p. 43.