Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer (With his grandson Thomas Chalmers Hanna)
About this artwork
Chalmers was a preacher and social reformer. He was on the evangelical side of the Church of Scotland and led the breakaway group that formed the Free Church in 1843. David Octavius Hill photographed the preacher and social reformer Thomas Chalmers sitting with his family in the ground of Merchiston Castle School. In 1844, three years after Chalmers’s death, Hill, who was a painter as well as a photographer, painted this picture basing it on his earlier calotype.
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artist:David Octavius HillScottish (1802 - 1870)
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title:Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer (With his grandson Thomas Chalmers Hanna)
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date created:About 1853
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after:Robert AdamsonScottish (1821 - 1848)
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materials:Oil on millboard
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measurements:40.60 x 30.50 cm; Framed: 62.80 x 53.60 x 7.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1976
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accession number:PG 2365
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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...
