Four men, including Rupert Potter (1832-1914), fishing in the River Tay near Dunkeld
Photograph
1871-1881 (photographed)
1871-1881 (photographed)
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Rupert Potter (1832-1914), father of the children's writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), took up photography in the 1860s when it was still a relatively new art form. An enthusiastic and skilled amateur, he was elected to the Photographic Society of London in 1869 and later contributed to photographic exhibitions. Rupert assisted the artist Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896), a close friend, by photographing backgrounds for paintings and sitters for portraits. His favourite subject, however, was Beatrix herself and his prolific legacy of several hundred photographs forms a broad pictorial account of her life from infancy to marriage.
Rupert was also a skilled landscape photographer and during the Potter family's extended summer holidays to Scotland and the Lake District he photographed in particular the countryside around Eastwood in Dunkeld, Wray Castle near Ambleside and Lingholm on the edge of Derwentwater. From 1871 to 1881 the family rented Dalguise House near Dunkeld in Perthshire. Here, he records a relaxing, sunny afternoon fishing with three friends on the banks of the Tay near Dunkeld.
Rupert was also a skilled landscape photographer and during the Potter family's extended summer holidays to Scotland and the Lake District he photographed in particular the countryside around Eastwood in Dunkeld, Wray Castle near Ambleside and Lingholm on the edge of Derwentwater. From 1871 to 1881 the family rented Dalguise House near Dunkeld in Perthshire. Here, he records a relaxing, sunny afternoon fishing with three friends on the banks of the Tay near Dunkeld.
Object details
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| Title | Four men, including Rupert Potter (1832-1914), fishing in the River Tay near Dunkeld (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print on paper |
| Brief description | Photograph of a group of four men fishing in the River Tay near Dunkeld; albumen print by Rupert Potter (1832-1914), ca. 1871-1881. |
| Physical description | Photograph of four men sitting on a bank of a river with fishing rods. With trees on the bank to the left of the photograph and a bridge in the background. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'R. Tay at Dunkeld?' (Pencil inscription by Joan Duke on verso) |
| Credit line | Given by Joan Duke |
| Object history | Photograph taken by Rupert Potter at the River Tay near Dunkeld, ca. 1871-1881. |
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| Summary | Rupert Potter (1832-1914), father of the children's writer and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), took up photography in the 1860s when it was still a relatively new art form. An enthusiastic and skilled amateur, he was elected to the Photographic Society of London in 1869 and later contributed to photographic exhibitions. Rupert assisted the artist Sir John Everett Millais (1829-1896), a close friend, by photographing backgrounds for paintings and sitters for portraits. His favourite subject, however, was Beatrix herself and his prolific legacy of several hundred photographs forms a broad pictorial account of her life from infancy to marriage. Rupert was also a skilled landscape photographer and during the Potter family's extended summer holidays to Scotland and the Lake District he photographed in particular the countryside around Eastwood in Dunkeld, Wray Castle near Ambleside and Lingholm on the edge of Derwentwater. From 1871 to 1881 the family rented Dalguise House near Dunkeld in Perthshire. Here, he records a relaxing, sunny afternoon fishing with three friends on the banks of the Tay near Dunkeld. |
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| Accession number | E.764-2005 |
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| Record created | December 10, 2008 |
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