Robert Adamson & David Octavius Hill
Hugh Miller, 1802 - 1856. Geologist and author
About this artwork
Hugh Miller began his working life as a mason. After a number of career changes, he became the editor of 'The Witness' newspaper in the 1840s. One of the first to pose for Hill and Adamson, he also wrote a pioneering critical article on the possibilities of photography in 1843. Miller is here shown as a stone mason, as he had been in earlier life.
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title:Hugh Miller, 1802 - 1856. Geologist and author
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date created:1843
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materials:Salted paper print
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measurements:15.60 x 11.10 cm
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credit line:Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950
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accession number:PGP HA 281
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