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
Rights
Public Domain
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...