P5090

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Details

ID Number

P5090

Item Name

Image

Maker

Davidson, D.

Title

Janet Fortune Macdonald & Two Sisters / Janet Fortune Macdonald & Soeurs

Title (Fre)

Janet Fortune Macdonald & Soeurs

Date

pre 1882

Description

Black and white photograph of three women, identified as Janet Fortune Macdonald and her two sisters; the three women are surrounding a small keyboard instrument; the woman on the left, Janet, is wearing a dark, high-collared dress; her body is turned to the right but her head is facing the camera; she is holding a piece of music with her left hand; the second woman is sitting on a high-backed chair; she is wearing a patterned dress and her hands are resting on the keyboard; both her head and body are angled to the left; the third woman is standing behind the second with her head and body angled to the left; she is wearing a dark, high-necked dress; the photographer's stamp and seal "The Dunse photographic studio. D. Davidson Castle Street Dunse." appears on the reverse of the photograph.

History

Dunse Scotland was renamed Duns in 1882. The Fortune family was from Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. Janet Fortune Macdonald was married to Colin Macdonald and was the mother of George Fortune Macdonald.

Place made

Scotland - Dunse

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subjects

Davidson, D.

Dunse (Scot.)

Dunse Photographic Studio / Studio de Photographie Dunse

Families / Familles

Fortune, Mary

Keyboard instruments / instrument à clavier

Macdonald, George Fortune

Macdonald, Janet Fortune

Music

Musical instruments / Instruments musicaux

Pianists / Musique

Pianos / Piano

Portrait photographs / Portraits photographiques

Studio props / Accessoires pour studio

Studios

Women / Femmes

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