David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson
William Borthwick Johnstone, 1804 - 1868, William Leighton Leitch, 1804 - 1883 and David Scott, 1806 - 1849. Artist. (as 'The Monks of...
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artists:
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title:William Borthwick Johnstone, 1804 - 1868, William Leighton Leitch, 1804 - 1883 and David Scott, 1806 - 1849. Artist. (as 'The Monks of Kennaquhair') [Group 148]
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date created:1844 - 1846
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materials:Carbon print
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measurements:27.50 x 22.40 cm
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credit line:Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950
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accession number:PGP HA 376
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David Octavius Hill
David Octavius Hill
A painter and a lithographer by training, David Octavius Hill is best remembered for the beauty of the calotypes he and Robert Adamson produced together. Hill was a sociable and kind-hearted man who did much to support the arts in Scotland and between 1830 and 1836 he was the unpaid Secretary of...
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