At the Minnow Pool: Arthur, John Hope, and Sophia Finlay
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: At the Minnow Pool: Arthur, John Hope, and Sophia Finlay
- Photography Studio: Hill and Adamson (British, active 1843–1848)
- Artist: David Octavius Hill (British, Perth, Scotland 1802–1870 Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Artist: Robert Adamson (British, St. Andrews, Scotland 1821–1848 St. Andrews, Scotland)
- 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
- Object Number: 1997.382.20
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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