David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson
Charles Chalmers, d. 1864. Headmaster of Merchiston School; brother of Rev. Dr Thomas Chalmers [a]
![David Octavius Hill, Charles Chalmers, d. 1864. Headmaster of Merchiston School; brother of Rev. Dr Thomas Chalmers [a]](https://www.nationalgalleries.org/sites/default/files/styles/postcard/public/externals/111478.jpg?itok=pLwdQrBz)
About this artwork
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artists:
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title:Charles Chalmers, d. 1864. Headmaster of Merchiston School; brother of Rev. Dr Thomas Chalmers [a]
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Salted paper print
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measurements:16.10 x 12.40 cm
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credit line:Purchased from the estate of Sophia Finlay (Charles Finlay's Trust), 1937
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accession number:PGP HA 605
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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...
