Inscribed in pencil, on verso, top center: F + S 2% | Afghan Costume | (Edward William Lane | + Mr. Redding in African | Chainmail suits).
"Afgans" or "Circassian Armour", ca. 1843
- Robert Adamson, Scottish, 1821 - 1848
- David Octavius Hill, Scottish, 1802 - 1870
Calotype
- Image: 7 3/4 × 5 1/2 inches (19.7 × 14 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
F81.54
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Details
(Daniel Katz, London, England)
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Ford, C., ed. An Early Victorian Album. The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. New York, 1976, p. 300. Stevenson, S. "The calotype photographs of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson in the Detroit Institute of Arts." Bulletin of the DIA 66, no. 4 (1991): 30-41, fig. 10 (ill.).
Robert Adamson; David Octavius Hill, "Afgans" or "Circassian Armour", ca. 1843, calotype. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, F81.54.