The Metropolitan Museum of Art - At the Minnow Pool: Arthur, John Hope, and Sophia Finlay

At the Minnow Pool: Arthur, John Hope, and Sophia Finlay

Artist:: Robert Adamson (Scottish, St. Andrews 1821–1848 St. Andrews)
Date:: ca. 1845
Medium:: Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions:: 20.3 x 15.1 cm (8 x 5 15/16 in. )
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: The Rubel Collection, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Jennifer and Joseph Duke, and Harriette and Noel Levine Gifts, 1997
Accession Number:: 1997.382.20

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Description

The three young anglers, Arthur, John Hope, and Sophia Finlay, were the children of Hill's niece, and their hidden fishing hole may well have been in the garden of Adamson's Rock House, where he and Hill had their studio.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on mount: "The Finlay Children"; RSA stamp on mount
Provenance

From an album assembled by D.O. Hill and given by him to the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 1852; deaccessioned by the R.S.A., January 1977; [Sean Thackrey]; John Rubel; William Rubel; [Hans P. Kraus, Jr.]
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Who
David Octavius Hill (440)

Robert Adamson (417)
What
Photographs (32,617)

Salted paper prints (1,616)
Where
Europe (150,372)

United Kingdom (25,690)

Scottish (1,855)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,488)
In the Museum
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David Octavius Hill (1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (1821–1848) (1840s)

Great Britain and Ireland, 1800–1900 A.D.
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