Anne Chalmers Hanna, 1813 - 1891. Daughter of Rev. Dr Thomas Chalmers; wife of Rev. William Hanna
About this artwork
This calotype by Hill and Adamson shows Mrs Anne Chalmers Hanna reclining on a bench with a book. She was the eldest of six daughters of Dr Thomas Chalmers, a famous Scottish professor and the first Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland. In 1836 Anne married Dr William Hanna, who was also a minister in the Church of Scotland and who later became her father’s biographer. They had three sons, two of whom died young, and one daughter. Despite her Presbyterian background, Anne had a quirky independence of mind and was said to have shocked her own daughter greatly by enjoying Catholic ritual.
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title:Anne Chalmers Hanna, 1813 - 1891. Daughter of Rev. Dr Thomas Chalmers; wife of Rev. William Hanna
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date created:1844
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materials:Salted paper print
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measurements:15.00 x 20.60 cm
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credit line:Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950
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accession number:PGP HA 528
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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...
