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- Robert Adamson
- George Street, Looking towards the Church of St. Andrew and St George and the Melville Monument in St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh
- 1840s
- PGP HA 5397
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- St Andrews 1842
- 1842
- PGP HA 546
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Linlithgow from the railway station, with the Town Hall, St Michael's Church and the Palace in the centre background
- about 1843
- PGP EPS 84
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- David Octavius Hill with his daughter, Charlotte
- Probably 1843
- PGP EPS 90
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Samuel Aitken. Bookseller and friend of Thomas Carlyle
- about 1843
- PGP HA 25
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Captain Robert Barclay-Allardyce, 1779 - 1854. Celebrated pedestrian
- 1843 - 1847
- PGP HA 50
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Sir David Brewster, 1781 - 1868. Natural philosopher
- 1843
- PGP HA 172
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Isabella Burns, Mrs John Begg, 1771 - 1858. Youngest sister of Robert Burns
- 1843 - 1846
- PGP HA 277
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Mrs Anne (Palgrave) Rigby, 1777 - 1872
- 1843 - 1846
- PGP HA 279
- Scottish Art
- Robert Adamson
- Hugh Miller, 1802 - 1856. Geologist and author
- 1843
- PGP HA 281
- 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.
