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| Keywords: Sophia Finlay and Harriet 1843 - 1847 Farnie Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill.jpg en This is one of four calotypes of young girls with David Octavius Hill ™s dog a terrier pup called Brownie The girls depicted are Sophia Finlay “ Hill ™s great-niece “ and Harriet Farnie the younger of two sisters Sleeping children were a recurring theme in nineteenth-century art as it played on the Victorian fascination with childhood innocence and death The image is clear and well-defined which means that the girls must have sat very still for anything from several seconds up to a minute Presumably the dog had been played with until it collapsed in exhaustion Hill later called this picture ˜The Sleepers ™ and added ˜Brownie my stolen and lamented terrier pup ™ between 1843 1847 Institution National Gallery of Scotland Creator Hill Adamson http //www nationalgalleries org/object/PGP 20HA 204846 National Gallery of Scotland <br> http //www flickr com/photos/nationalgalleries/3102128471/in/set-72157610901994870 Flickr PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Hill Adamson Images from the National Gallery of Scotland 1840s portrait photographs | ||||
