Robert Adamson & David Octavius Hill
Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquis of Northampton, 1790 - 1851. President of the Royal Society [c]
About this artwork
Lord Northampton was a man of importance in science and art, serving as president of the Royal Society and as a trustee of the British Museum. Adamson and Hill photographed at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in York. Hill wrote of the photograph that they had made a ‘singularly Rembrandtish & very fine study’.
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title:Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquis of Northampton, 1790 - 1851. President of the Royal Society [c]
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Calotype negative
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measurements:21.40 x 15.70 cm
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credit line:Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950
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accession number:PGP HA 1743
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Robert Adamson
Robert Adamson
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...