Photograph album by Mary Fraser Tytler

Spine width: 40 mm
Whole width: 560 mm
Whole height: 345 mm

Album of Photographs, Cartes de visite, Watercolour, Pen and Ink The earliest surviving work attributed to Mary is a decorated photo album. In this piece she created witty and imaginative watercolour settings for a selection of family photographs and collected carte de visite. Two dated pages in the album suggest that the book was decorated around 1865-67, when Mary was aged between 15 and 18.

Photograph album, decorated by Mary Fraser Tytler c.1865-67 Mary Fraser Tytler (later Mary Watts) (1849-1938) Digitised album of photographs with additions in watercolour with pen and ink