Caption

Portrait of Dr. Alexander Monro, page, photomechanical print, photographer: David Octavius Hill, cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1900 - in or before 1905, paper, autotypie, height 151 mm x width 111 mm, Person, Alexander Monro (III), historical persons, A sepia-toned portrait of an older man seated against a dark background, showing his upper body and hands; he wears a dark coat over a lighter shirt with a loosely tied neck cloth, his hair is thinning and receding at the temples, his face is downturned with a somber expression, one hand rests on a small rectangular box held in his lap while the other hand hangs over his knee, and a small jug-like object is visible near his right hand.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A78_238

License type

Rights managed

Available size

37.5Mb (8.6Mb) / 10.3in x 14.1in / 3098 x 4233 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Dr Alexander Monro page photomechanical print photographer David Octavius Hill cliché maker anonymous c 1900 - 1905 paper autotypie height 151 mm x width 111 mm Person Iii historical persons sepia-toned portrait older man seated dark background showing upper body hands wears dark coat lighter shirt loosely tied neck cloth hair thinning receding temples face downturned somber expression hand rests small rectangular box held lap hand hangs knee small jug- object visible near right hand