James Nasmyth
Photograph

Hill & Adamson

Maker
David Octavius Hill, British, 1802–1870; Robert Adamson, British, 1821–1848

James Nasmyth

ca. 1845
Salted paper print
Image: 7 1/8 × 5 9/16 in. (18.1 × 14.2 cm)
Paper: 10 7/16 × 7 13/16 in. (26.5 × 19.9 cm)
Matted: 16 15/16 × 13 15/16 × 1/8 in. (43 × 35.4 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.2398.0044
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on recto, T: No 20 21 picas G No 23
Inscribed in pencil on recto, L: Jas Naismyth Engineer
Inscribed in Boyer's hand in pencil on recto, BL: A Fine one & \ one I longed to \ get \ Boyer
Inscribed in Boyer's hand in pencil on recto, BC: James Nasmyth-the Inventor-Photographer- \ Astronomer- See his Autobiography & \ his book on The Moon Jelus with
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