Tontine Building, Trongate
- photographer:
- Thomas Annan
A photograph entitled 'Tontine Building, Trongate', taken by Thomas Annan in 1868. The photograph shows crowds of people gathered outside the Tontine Building in Glasgow. A statue of King William of Orange (1650-1702) stands on a plinth outside the building.
A photograph entitled 'Tontine Building, Trongate', taken by Thomas Annan in 1868.
The photograph shows crowds of people gathered outside the Tontine Building in Glasgow. A statue of King William of Orange (1650-1702) stands on a plinth outside the building.
In 1868 the City of Glasgow Improvement Trust approached Thomas Annan to take photographs of some of the slum areas of the city prior to demolition. The resulting images are some of the earliest examples of documentary photography.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1987-5201/20
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph and carbon print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- National Media Museum, Bradford
