About this artwork
Although they are best known for their portraiture, Hill and Adamson photographed a number of different subjects during their partnership including a number of artworks and antiquities. The oak door in this picture depicts the biblical scene of Samson killing a lion, and was in the collection of the Society of Antiquities when this picture was taken.
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title:The Charteris door from Amisfield
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Salted paper print
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measurements:19.20 x 13.70 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
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accession number:PGP R 169.139
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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...
