Details

Subject(s)

• Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Photography, Artistic—19th century—Exhibitions [Browse]
• Photography—Scotland—Edinburgh—Exhibitions [Browse]

Photographer

• Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 [Browse]
• Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 [Browse]

Host institution

• Scottish National Portrait Gallery [Browse]

Summary note

Pioneering Edinburgh photographers David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Robert Adamson (1821-1848) together formed one of the most famous partnerships in the history of photography. Producing highly skilled photographs just four years after the new medium was announced to the world in 1839, their images of people, buildings and scenes in and around Edinburgh offer a fascinating glimpse into 1840s Scotland. Their much-loved prints of the Newhaven fisherfolk are among the first images of social documentary photography.In the space of four and a half years Hill and Adamson produced several thousand prints encompassing landscapes, architectural views, tableaux vivants from Scottish literature and an impressive suite of portraits featuring key members of Edinburgh society.

Notes

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, May 27 - October 1, 2017.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (page 118).

Other title(s)

Photographs by Hill and Adamson

ISBN

• 9781911054047
• 191105404X

OCLC

987374540

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