David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson
Rev. Dr John Cook, 1807 - 1874. Minister of Haddington Established Church; Moderator 1866 [a]
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title:Rev. Dr John Cook, 1807 - 1874. Minister of Haddington Established Church; Moderator 1866 [a]
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date created:12 July 1844
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materials:Calotype negative
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measurements:21.00 x 16.00 cm
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credit line:Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950
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accession number:PGP HA 646
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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...