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Close no. 11 Bridgegate, Glasgow 1897
  • Scottish Art
Thomas Annan?s prints of `The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow? had been published in his lifetime. His sons John and James Craig inherited the project and in 1900 produced a photogravure album with new images probably taken by John and, for the first time, a written text. According to the author, William Young: ?The value of many of the plates embraced in this volume consists in their true presentation or suggestion of the seamy side of the city's life; in their depicting with absolute faithfulness, the gloom and squalor of the slums?.

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Photogravure

A photographic negative is transferred onto a copper plate, which can then be manipulated like an etching. It allows for creative working and results in a wide range of tones in the finished work.

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  • Acc. No. PGP R 889.44
  • Medium Photogravure
  • Size 22.80 x 18.20 cm
  • Credit Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985

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