About this artwork
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artists:
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title:Group of Carved Indian figures [Art 23]
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date created:2002
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materials:Modern calotype
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credit line:Commissioned by Michael and Barbara Gray 2002
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accession number:PGP HA 2348
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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...