William Notman
Men with snowshoes (studio photograph with elaborate 'outdoor' set and snow made of salt)
About this artwork
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artist:William Notman (1825 - 1891) Scottish
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title:Men with snowshoes (studio photograph with elaborate 'outdoor' set and snow made of salt)
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:Image size: 14.00 x 10.00 cm; overall: 28.50 x 21.00 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
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accession number:PGP R 2193.1
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William Notman
William Notman
William Notman left Glasgow in 1856. He had gone bankrupt and was at risk of court proceedings. Two years later he had set up as a photographer in Montreal. His was the most successful photographic business in nineteenth-century Canada. He recorded the building of the railways and the Canadian fur...
