Tuesday 27 February 2024
A Scottish Gilded Composition Print Frame by Alexander Hill, fl.1860-1865- with plain slip,...
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Description
A Scottish Gilded Composition Print Frame by Alexander Hill,
fl.1860-1865-
with plain slip, cavetto sight, the cushioned front edge with schematic raised foliate scrollwork on a cross-hatched ground, cartouche flower head corners and stiff leaf back edge, bears printed label Alexander Hill, Gallery of the Fine Arts, 67 Princes Street, Edinburgh, attached to the reverse, enclosing an engraving of The Transfiguration after Raphael by Raphael and Antonio Morghen, 81cm x 53 cm (sight).
Note: The printseller and framer Alexander Hill fl.1837-1864, was the brother of the Scottish photographer David Octavius Hill (1802-1870). He was working at the Prince's Street address for a short period of time c.1860-65 and was one of Scotland's foremost framers at the time.
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