About this artwork
Moffat was skilled in most photographic processes, working in platinum, carbon and oil printing. He was also engaged in early colour photography as well as developing techniques to transfer photographs to canvases for use in oil painting. This platinum print - with its rich and subtle range of grey tones - shows the foot of Lothian Road in Edinburgh before the Caledonian station and hotel were built.
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artist:Frank Moffat (about 1853 - 1912) Scottish
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title:St Cuthbert's Church, Lothian Road
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date created:1882
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materials:Platinum/palladium prints
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measurements:19.50 x 24.00 cm
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credit line:Edinburgh Photographic Society Collection, gifted 1987
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accession number:PGP EPS 92
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Frank Moffat
Frank Moffat
Frank P. Moffat inherited the family photography business in Edinburgh from his father, John, in 1894. At a time when photographic portraiture was becoming both cheaper and more elaborate, Moffat concentrated on the upper end of the market, building up a business founded on what he described as '...