William Notman
Notman Album Containing 38 Photographs of Various Men, Women and Children
About this artwork
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artist:William Notman (1825 - 1891) Scottish
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title:Notman Album Containing 38 Photographs of Various Men, Women and Children
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Albumen carte-de-visite and cabinet cards
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measurements:Album: 27.80 x 22.60 x 6.50 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 1736
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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...
