Oct 21, 2003 - Sale 1981

Sale 1981 - Lot 2

Price Realized: $ 3,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS (1802-1870); and ADAMSON, ROBERT (1821-1848)
"The [second] Marquis of Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton]." Salted paper print from a calotype negative, 71/2x51/4 (19x13.3 cm.), with a caption, in pencil, and a Royal Scottish Academy monogram hand stamp on mount recto. 1844
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The Marquis of Northampton was a member of the Northampton Parliament and president of the Royal Society, a scientific society in the United Kingdom, from 1838-1848. The caption on recto is in an unidentified period hand, which appears on other prints by Hill and Adamson.