David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson
David Ramsay Hay, 1798 - 1866. Interior designer and author [a]
About this artwork
The son of a poet, Hay was apprenticed to the house painters Gavin Beugo & Robertson. He decorated Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott and the Palace of Holyroodhouse for Queen Victoria. He took a strong interest in the theoretical aspects of his work, publishing the Laws of Harmonious Coloring. He was also responsible for the decoration of the National Gallery of Scotland.
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title:David Ramsay Hay, 1798 - 1866. Interior designer and author [a]
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Calotype negative (and modern print)
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measurements:17.40 x 13.10 cm
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credit line:Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950
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accession number:PGP HA 1099
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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...