Ja[net] Playfair.
Object type Photograph Record level ItemDetails
- ID
- ALB-9-61
- Title
- Ja[net] Playfair.
- Descriptive titles
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- Mrs Janet Ross Playfair. Wife of surgeon-general George Playfair.
- Description
- Mrs Janet Ross Playfair. Wife of surgeon-general George Playfair. Seated, full face portrait of a woman in a figured silk skirt with full sleeved jacket, pleated lace trimmed cap and spectacles. Jacket composed of pleated material and panels of velvet with small flowers embroidered round edges. Long chain round neck, heavy bracelets and rings, one set with pearls.
Related items: our manuscript collections include the item msdep7, Incoming letters 1856, no.93. Letter from David Brewster to J D Forbes, Social; recommends Mr Szabo of Edinburgh as a photographer. - Collection
- The Collection of Early Photographic Material (collecting area)
- Parent record
- Playfair Album Parent record level Album/Book/Portfolio
- Hierarchy
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- People portrayed
- Date
- 1857
- Department
- Special Collections - Photographic Collections
- Record level
- Item
- Related resources
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- Media
- Subjects
- Acknowledgement
- Image courtesy of University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums.
- Conditions
- Free of known copyright restrictions. Image supply fees may still apply.
- Credit line
- Courtesy of the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, ID: ALB-9-61