James Johnstone
A Group of Children
About this artwork
This engaging group of children displays a number of reactions to photography. The focal point of the picture is the boy in the front row who looks extremely pleased with having his photograph taken. The only adult in this group, a smiling woman at the back, helps the eye travel the entire depth of the picture.
Updated before 2020
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title:A Group of Children
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date created:About 1852
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:11.80 x 16.60 cm
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accession number:PGP 36.2
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James Johnstone
James Johnstone
James Johnstone was the younger brother of the Royal Scottish academician, William Borthwick Johnstone, who was a landscape and a history painter. He himself was a lawyer, who eventually became clerk to Lord Benholm. He was an amateur photographer, but although he seemed never wholly in control of...
