Rev. D.T.K. Drummond
Mr Currie
About this artwork
Drummond, a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church, had a genuine interest in botany and geology. The photograph of Mr Currie on the hillside in his bath chair is a picture of the determined explorer engaging in fieldwork. He may be a botanist himself seeking out wild plants in the hills. The care of his friends may just be seen in the small stones stopping the wheels of the chair on a dangerous downward slope.
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artist:Rev. D.T.K. Drummond (1806 - 1877) Scottish
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title:Mr Currie
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date created:About 1864
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materials:Albumen print by the malt process
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measurements:Image size: 17.40 x 22.10 cm; overall: 40.60 x 55.60 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1984
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accession number:PGP 39.6
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Rev. D.T.K. Drummond
Rev. D.T.K. Drummond
As a clergyman Drummond had been attached to the Scottish Episcopal Church but his evangelical leanings resulted in his removal from office in 1843. He took up landscape photography as a hobby in the 1860s, becoming a member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society in 1861. Drummond's health was...