Robert Adamson & David Octavius Hill
Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 - 1893. Writer [f]
About this artwork
Elizabeth Rigby was a journalist and art critic, writing for journals such as The Quarterly Review. As one of the earliest enthusiasts for photography, she posed for Hill and Adamson more than twenty times. In a review of their work in 1846, she referred to it as 'the beautiful and wonderful Calotype drawings...as the triumphant proof of all to be most revered as truth in art'.
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title:Lady Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake, 1809 - 1893. Writer [f]
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Calotype negative
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measurements:20.10 x 15.70 cm
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credit line:Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950
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accession number:PGP HA 2821
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Robert Adamson
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