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![Willie Liston, 'Redding [cleaning or preparing] the line'; Newhaven fisherman](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/collection/PGP HA 300.jpg)
- Robert Adamson
- Willie Liston, 'Redding [cleaning or preparing] the line'; Newhaven fisherman
- 1843 - 1847
- PGP HA 300
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay and John Liston
- 1843 - 1847
- PGP HA 302
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Newhaven boy ('King Fisher' or 'His Faither's Breeks')
- 1843 - 1847
- PGP HA 303
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Unknown men (Newhaven)
- 1843 - 1847
- PGP HA 306
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Harriet Farnie and Miss Farnie with a Sleeping Puppy, Brownie
- 1920 (original negative around 1845)
- PGP HA 390
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- The Scott Monument, Edinburgh
- 1845
- PGP HA 433
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Edinburgh Ale: James Ballantine, Dr George Bell and David Octavius Hill
- 1843 - 1847
- PGP HA 435
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Patrick Byrne, about 1794 - 1863. Irish Harpist
- Probably 1845
- PGP HA 457
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Finlay, deerstalker in the employ of Campbell of Islay
- about 1845
- PGP HA 530
- On Display
- Scottish Art
![Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewāquonāby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [b]](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/collection/PGP HA 420.jpg)
- Robert Adamson
- Rev. Peter Jones or Kahkewāquonāby, 1802 - 1856. Indian chief and missionary in Canada [b]
- 1845
- PGP HA 420
- Scottish Art
Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821 - 1848)
Robert Adamson was one of the first professional photographers, setting up in business in Edinburgh in March 1843. He had aspired to be an engineer but his health was too poor. His brother, John, who was involved in the early experiments with photography in St Andrews, taught him the calotype process. Shortly after opening his studio on Calton Hill, Robert met the painter David Octavius Hill. They worked together for a few weeks on studies for a grand painting of the Free Church of Scotland before entering into partnership to explore the possibilities of photography. Despite Adamson's early death, the two produced some of the most impressive works taken in the medium and greatly influenced later practice in the art.
