David Hill and Robert Adamson

<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>Edinburgh Ale</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>Fishmarket, St Andrews</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>Elizabeth Hall (née Johnstone)</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>King Fisher, Newhaven</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>John Lane in an Indian dress</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>John Henning; Alexander Handyside Ritchie</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>Jane Webster (née Binny); Mrs Marrable (née Binny)</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>Greyfriars' Churchyard</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>Fisherwomen (also called 'A Lane in Newhaven')</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill, Edinburgh </i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
<p><b>David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson</b>, <i>Trinity College Chapel and Hospital, Calton Hill in background, Edinburgh</i>, 1843-1848. Calotype.</p>
Scottish
1801 , d. 1869

David Octavius Hill (1802 - 1870), a Scottish painter, hired Robert Adamson (1821 - 1848), a Scottish engineer who took to photography due to poor health, to photograph portraits of 470 clergymen for reference for a painting. Their partnership was successful and they ended up opening a photography studio, taking portraits of the famous as well as fishwives and everyday people.


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