Thomson family
PhotographerPhotographed by
Unknown
Datemid 20th century
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/8 x 7in. (21.3 x 17.8cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 8in. (25.4 x 20.3cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the George Keller family
DescriptionPhotographs of paintings of the Thomson family, Mary Keller's ancestors in Scotland.
Object number2014.9.113-.121
InscribedPhotographs have inscriptions identifying sitters.All photographs, on verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
NotesSubject notes: Included in the photographs are paintings of Mary Keller's great-great grandfather, Robert Thomson, son of John Thomson and Isabel Yuill, born at Anderstoun on March 13, 1742 and died December 15, 1820, and great-great grandmother, Christian Strang, daughter of Charles Strang, born in 1742 and died July 20, 1783; Mary Keller's great grandfather, Robert Thomson II, son of Robert Thomson and Christian Strang, born June 17, 1771 and died 1831, and great grandmother, Agnes Neale, daughter of John Neale and Katherine Adams, born on October 11, 1773 and died 1840; Mary Keller's grandmother, Margaret Darling Thomson, daughter of Robert Thomson II and Agnes Neale, born on December 20, 1799 in Glasgow; Mary Keller's grandmother's siblings, James Thomson, born October 19, 1812 and died 1843, John Thomson, born December 27, 1804 and died 1833 and Christina Thomson, born November 16, 1802.
Date Note: Although the paintings date from the eighteenth and nineteenth century, the photographs of them were made in the mid-twentieth century.
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