David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson
47 Calotypes by D.O.Hill and R. Adamson Illustrating an Early Stage in the Development of Photography; selected from his collection by Andrew Elliot
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title:47 Calotypes by D.O.Hill and R. Adamson Illustrating an Early Stage in the Development of Photography; selected from his collection by Andrew Elliot
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date created:1843 - 1847
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materials:Carbon prints
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measurements:Book: 37.00 x 28.40 x 4.80 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
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accession number:PGP R 1108
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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...
