David Octavius Hill
Unidentified minister (Sketch for the The Signing of the Deed of Demission, The Disruption of the Church of Scotland 1843)
About this artwork
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artist:David Octavius HillScottish (1802 - 1870)
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title:Unidentified minister (Sketch for the The Signing of the Deed of Demission, The Disruption of the Church of Scotland 1843)
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date created:Dated 1843
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materials:Oil on canvas laid on board
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measurements:16.20 x 13.20 cm; Framed: 24.70 x 21.60 x 4.80 cm / 1.00 kg
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credit line:Bequeathed by Miss Aileen Graham 1998
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accession number:PG 3129
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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...
