John Adamson & Robert Adamson
Blackfriars Chapel, St. Andrews [St Andrews 78]
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About this artwork
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title:Blackfriars Chapel, St. Andrews [St Andrews 78]
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accession number:PGP EPS 312
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materials:Calotype print
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date created:1842
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measurements:Image size: 9.80 x 10.10 cm
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credit line:Edinburgh Photographic Society Collection, gifted 1987
John Adamson
John Adamson
John Adamson was one of the pioneering photographic chemists in Scotland. He was born in Burnside, Fife, and studied medicine in St Andrews and Edinburgh. While developing his practice, he taught Chemistry and Natural Science at Madras College school (1837-40) and became interested in photography. He took the first successful…
