John Forbes White
On the Don
About this artwork
White had a preference for landscape and architectural subjects, photographing places as far apart as St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney and Furness Abbey in north-west England. He also concentrated on the peaceful scenery surrounding the family mill on the River Don in Aberdeen. As this photograph suggests, White picked his viewpoint very carefully, framing the landscape as if it was an oil painting.
Updated before 2020
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artist:John Forbes White (1831 - 1904) Scottish
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title:On the Don
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date created:1857
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materials:Salt print from waxed paper negative
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measurements:24.50 x 29.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Edinburgh Photographic Society Collection, gifted 1987
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accession number:PGP EPS 112
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John Forbes White
John Forbes White
John Forbes White was a wealthy Aberdeen flour miller. He became interested in photography in his early twenties, learning wax paper processes from his boyhood friend and later brother-in-law, Thomas Keith. White took no more than one hundred wax paper negatives and had abandoned photography...
