David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson
The General Assembly Hall of the Free Church of Scotland during building with the castle and the church of Tolbooth St John in the background ...
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title:The General Assembly Hall of the Free Church of Scotland during building with the castle and the church of Tolbooth St John in the background [Edinburgh 5]
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Salted paper print
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measurements:Arched top: 19.40 x 14.50 cm
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accession number:PGP HA 4175
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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...
