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Thomas Annan was born in 1829.
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Thomas Annan
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The photographer operated T & R Annan & Sons in Glasgow, and was commissioned by Glasgow City Improvement Trust to document Glasgow slums (1868-77).
Known for his studio's photogravures, Annan also worked with calotypes, collodion wet-plate negatives, albumen prints and carbon prints. Besides documenting Glasgow's slums, architecture, citizens, etc., he reproduced works of art in photographs and shot portraits in a straightforward style.
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PUBLICATIONS Books: Thomas Annan's Old Streets and Closes of Glasgow, intro, by Anita V. Mozley, 1977; The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow, intro, by William Young, 1900; Photographs of Old Closes, Streets, etc., 1868-1877, 1877; The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry, 1870, 2nd ed., 1878.
COLLECTIONS IMP/GEH, Rochester; L/C, Prints & Photographs Div., Wash., D.C. Mitchell Lib., Glasgow, Scotland.
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1887 (aged 58) -
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1868 - 1877