John Adamson
John Adamson's Dog, Blanche (with Dr. Oswald Home Bell, 1835 - 1875, in the background)
About this artwork
In his later work in the 1850s and 60s, John Adamson used the collodion negative. He wrote: 'This is the most beautiful of all photographic processes. Pictures are taken by it almost instantaneously, with a minuteness of detail and a delicacy of expression which give results no less wonderful than beautiful.' In this photograph of his greyhound, Blanche, only her flickering ear betrays her energy.
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artist:John Adamson (1809 - 1870) Scottish
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title:John Adamson's Dog, Blanche (with Dr. Oswald Home Bell, 1835 - 1875, in the background)
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date created:About 1855
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:14.80 x 19.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1988
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accession number:PGP 178.26
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John Adamson
John Adamson
John Adamson was one of the pioneering photographic chemists in Scotland. He was born in Burnside, Fife, and studied medicine in St Andrews and Edinburgh. While developing his practice, he taught Chemistry and Natural Science at Madras College school (1837-40) and became interested in photography....