Rev. Dr David Welsh, 1793 - 1845. Professor of Church History at Edinburgh University; Professor of Divinity at New College, Edinburgh; Moderator...
About this artwork
As the moderator of the General Assembly, it was David Welsh who laid the protest on the table of the meeting, triggering the 1843 disruption and subsequent creation of the Free Church of Scotland. A seminal moment in the history of the Scottish Church, David Octavius Hill proposed the creation of a monumental painting to mark the event and it was suggested to him that he use calotype photography to capture the likeness of the participants. Therefore it was also a seminal moment in the history of photography, leading to Hills partnership with Robert Adamson.
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title:Rev. Dr David Welsh, 1793 - 1845. Professor of Church History at Edinburgh University; Professor of Divinity at New College, Edinburgh; Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1843 [c]
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Salted paper print
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measurements:19.80 x 14.50 cm
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credit line:Elliot Collection, bequeathed 1950
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accession number:PGP HA 3360
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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...