David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson
James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the steam hammer
About this artwork
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artists:
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title:James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the steam hammer
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date created:1850 - 1859
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materials:Albumen print
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measurements:Arched top: 20.60 x 15.40 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1999
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accession number:PGP 237.25
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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...